Book description
This advanced text for psychology, human development, and education
provides students with state-of-the-art overviews of the discipline in
an accessible, affordable format. Unique both in the depth of its
coverage and in the timeliness of the research that it presents, this
comprehensive text conveys the field of child and adolescent development
through the voices of scientists who themselves are now shaping the
field.
William Damon, PhD, is a Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution, the
Director of the Stanford Center on Adolescence, and a Professor of
Education at Stanford University. He has written several books, many
book chapters, and numerous articles on child development and adolescence.
Richard M. Lerner, PhD, is Bergstrom Chair in Applied Develop-mental
Science at the Eliot-Pearson Department of Child Development at Tufts
University. He is the author or editor of many publications, including
the Handbook of Child Psychology, Sixth Edition, with William Damon
(Wiley). Dr. Lerner is also a past editor of the Journal of Research
on Adolescence.
