Essentials of Human Development: A Life-Span View

by Robert V. Kail

'Essential of Human Development' fills the need for a shorter text that emphasizes the essential, defining features of modern research and theory in human development. Using a modified chronological approach and emphasizing the biopsychosocial framework, the text provides: a streamlined, readable account of human development across the life span; conceptual foundations that enable students to become educated and critical interpreters of developmental information; and an introduction to relevant research and its application to important issues in life-span development.

416 pages, Paperback

First published January 3, 2013

About the author

Distinguished Professor of Psychological Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana. Kail has been a faculty member in Purdue's Department of Psychological Sciences since 1979. Prior to that, he was an assistant professor of psychology at the University of Pittsburgh.

Kail has 65 publications in refereed journals, and he has written five textbooks. He is editor of Psychological Science and the incoming editor of Child Development Perspectives. Previously he served as editor of Advances in Child Development and Behavior and the Journal of Experimental Child Psychology.

Alternative Names
Kail, Robert, 1950-
Kail, Robert V.
Kail, Robert V., Jr.

Reviews

[Ashton · Rating 4 out of 5]

I finished reading this book for my developmental psych class and I really enjoyed reading out of this textbook.

[Michael Mavromatis · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great foundational content.

[Joshua · Rating 5 out of 5]

It's a fantastic textbook. The citations are endless, and it's probably the most informative and valuable psychology text I've been assigned.

[Annemarie · Rating 3 out of 5]

it was a textbook 🤷🏼‍♀️