Inter-disciplinary, cross-cultural, and multifaceted, Crandell (formerly known as VanderZanden) incorporates a wide array of contexts to make sense of the complex nature of Human Development. is our multidisciplinary text for the human development course. Applications to health care, social work, and education make this a popular choice for schools who off the course to a variety of majors. Instructional design techniques from cognitive psychology were used to design the pedagogical framework.