Author Description

For today's busy student, we've created a new line of highly portable books at affordable prices. Each title in the Books a la Carte Plus program features the exact same content from our traditional textbook in a convenient notebook-ready, loose-leaf version - allowing students to take only what they need to class. As an added bonus, each Books a la Carte Plus edition is accompanied by an access code to all of the resources found in one of our best-selling multimedia products. Best of all? Our Books a la Carte Plus titles cost less than a used textbook! Berk's signature storytelling style invites students to actively learn beside the text's "characters" who share their influential experiences and developmental milestones at different periods of the lifespan. Students are provided with an exceptionally clear and coherent understanding of the most essential topics of human development, emphasizing the interrelatedness of all domains-physical, cognitive, emotional, and social-throughout the text narrative and in special features. Berk also helps students connect their learning to their personal and professional areas of interest and their future pursuits as parents, educators, heath care providers, social workers, and researchers. History, Theory, and Research Strategies; Biological and Environmental Foundations of Development; Prenatal Development, Birth, and the Newborn; Physical Development in Infancy, Toddlerhood, Early Childhood, Middle Childhood, Adolescence, Early Adulthood and Late Adulthood; Cognitive Development in Infancy and Toddlerhood, Early Childhood, Middle Childhood, Adolescence, Early Adulthood and Late Adulthood; Emotional and Social Development in Infancy and Toddlerhood, Early Childhood, Middle Childhood, Adolescence, Early Adulthood and Late Adulthood; and Death, Dying and Bereavement. Lifespan Development