The Developing Person Through the Life Span (paper) Reviews

• Great book

  
  By A1KM08USDOMAL9 on 2002-05-25
  I had to read this book for Life Span development at the graduate level. Considering this is a topic that I find dry and borring, this book was excellent and I enjoyed reading it.
  It covers Biosocial,Cognitive and Psychosocial development for all stages of life leading up to death with lots of charts, discriptions, and a side bar of definition terminology.
  
  

• The Developing Person Through the Lifespan

  
  By on 2001-04-16
  I have used previous editions of this book and find it a fantastic resource. The publisher has wonderful adjunct materials available for teaching if the book is adopted for classroom use. The book is well organized and the new edition has both a study guide and observational videos available which improve over the 4th edition. Kudos on this revision!!
  
  

• Great CLEP resource

  
  By A1LJ4PVSRU8QMT on 2002-05-24
  I used this text for my Human Development CLEP and I passed it with flying colors. I would recommend it for CLEP review. It does have its faults though, not enough diversity and lacks a variety of actual tests/studies in the field - which showed me a weak spot in my CLEP review.
  
  

• Excellent Text

  
  By A3D3G6SWK4VO84 on 2003-07-21
  Although this text does lack in diversity, I felt that the content was written in a very easy to comprehend manner. This is a great book for someone who has never had any previous human development or psychology exposure, as it often states the obvious. I used this text for an independent study course with no lecture, so the content I was tested over was straight from the book. This is not a textbook to be intimidated by or even evoke dread of having to use this for a course you will be taking. I think you will be pleasantly surprised once you open it and really start to read it.
  
  

• Not that great...

  
  By AQ6E7EG6QYN7Q on 2008-03-08
  I was truly looking forward to my Lifespan and Development class until I looked at this book. Yes, it is helpful in that it has important terms on the margins. However, many times is does not into enough detail with a lot of psych issues. There are little blurbs or paragraphs about some things, but it mainly a repetiton of theories (Biosocial, Psychoanalytic, Behaviorist, Cognitive...) from Intro to Psych. It does not get into specifics about anything. The book can also be confusing in how it presents the information. I am alarmed by how very narrow minded the author(s) of the book are about psychology in different cultures. Most of the chapters have little (if nothing at all) about cultural differences in childrearing, dicipline technniques, nutrition, aging, etc. It is all based on American ideals of how kids should be raised and what it is to be normal. Where are the other viewpoints? I am very disappointed with this book and the class in general. I was looking forward to so much more.
  
  
• Well developed book
  By A3UG357A1XXVQG on 2005-10-09
  This book was needed for a college course. It was well developed and researched. The information is current and should be a must for all high school or college students. It explains the fundamentals of a humans lifespan. It is a positive, well written, informative book!
  
  
• The Developing Person Through the Lifespan
  By on 2001-04-16
  I have used previous editions of this book and find it a fantastic resource. The publisher has wonderful adjunct materials available for teaching if the book is adopted for classroom use. The book is well organized and the new edition has both a study guide and observational videos available which improve over the 4th edition. Kudos on this revision!!
  
  
• Great read
  By A3D63K4F3Y2YLD on 2009-08-06
  I took an introductory Developmental Psychology class during 7 weeks of summer school. This book is really easy and interesting to read, so finishing the whole book for summer school did not put me to sleep at all. What was really helpful were the personal experiences and case studies the author adds to make the concepts more concrete. The "Observations" and "Response for" tabs on the margins of the book (ex: response for future nurses or teachers or parents) also fosters learning and understanding the material.
  
  
• Worthwhile book
  By A2ZVD08BL5LZJP on 2008-11-29
  I am taking a psychology class on line using this book. I was anxious for the class to start as I thought the subject material would be interesting. It is, and the book is well written and informative. However, now that the class is in its last 3 or 4 weeks, I'm getting a little tired.
  
  Each section is covered in 3 chapters. For example, for adolescence you have a chapter about the biological changes, then about the cognitive changes, then about the psychological changes of that stage of life. After going through almost the whole book like that, I'm a little bored. Also - I don't know if all copies are affected, but for our class, which is using the paperback 7th edition, the publisher did not provide our instructor with an updated set of test questions. So the test questions we have been getting for all 6 tests we've had so far correspond to the 6th edition, not the 7th. This means that the test is supposed to cover chapters 20, 21, and 22, for instance, but it also contains questions from text as much as 100 pages past that!
  
  
• Decent, but had a lot of fluff
  By A2XXZGLXR17UYS on 2007-08-28
  For me this book was required for a class. I guess it wasn't bad but I felt like I had to pick through all their example stories to find any of the real content. So much was case studies of one child or another. And most of the case studies were in themselves mostly fluff.
  
  
• Great book for 5 week summer course
  By A3EBBF305LNWGW on 2009-08-26
  I took this class at an undergraduate level in a five week summer course online. For an online self-guided learning experience, this was an excellent textbook. It was easy and interesting to read. It had a lot of good information and good life applications and practical examples to help solidify the concepts. The book was very well organized and it was easy to find the information that you were looking for. I also bought the study guide with it which was a great help to review for tests.
  
  
• LifeSpan Textbook
  By A18ZKJVUM553HW on 2008-08-08
  The book was great. It gave me what I needed to pass the exam through Excelsior College. However, the study guide that went along with it was a waste of time. The book is all anyone needs to pass the test.
  
  
• Packed with usefull information
  By A2UJWLWMBWE6O7 on 2007-02-18
  I found this book very engaging, the topics were interesting and the graphics were very appropriate. I really liked how every other page had an interesting question that you could apply to everyday life and you got the answer in 2 pages. I would skip ahead to find out the answer. But after my developmental psychology class was over i wanted to keep this book. i love it.
  
  
• Excellent
  By A3I5VEAM6RCT1L on 2006-11-07
  Great book!! We are using this book for my developmental pyschology class. It has really provided me with a wealth of knowledge.
  
  
• very heavy book
  By A357U0HKIJJLNA on 2009-10-01
  i bought this book in paperback because it was cheaper than the hardback. while i am glad i saved money, this book is just too big and heavy to be paperback, it is almost impossible to read and it doesn't hold it's shape in my book bag, it slids all over the place! i recommend the hardback version.
  
  
• student
  By A1EHA2EQ9GWXFB on 2010-03-01
  the book arrived in perfect condition and was exactly like its description. i was very happy with it and would definitely order books from them again.
  
  
• Very disappointed
  By A1IQC558SZ6YOL on 2010-02-28
  I had to read this textbook for a mid-level psych course and was very disappointed. Not only is there a lot of "fluff", but the author frequently presents the results of studies in such simplified terms, that it would be easy to draw the wrong conclusions (and conclusions which might be sexist, racist, classist, etc) from the information. There are also little "observation quizzes" and "things to think about" listed in the margins which were so subjective or irrelevant that I found them insulting. My favorite was a comment on breastfeeding, when the author suggested it was a good idea because it was less stressful on fathers, especially at night! I had to look back at the cover of my book to double-check that it was really written by a woman! That's just one example among many that I found very insulting in the book. I can't believe anyone still really thinks that way in this day and age!
  
  
• great
  By A1KHVHJYU3W7OI on 2010-02-24
  great product for a budget minded student. also, its nice because you can carry only the chapters and pages you need!
  
  
• Vendor Reveiw
  By A1ZP8TCS7GL9AI on 2010-02-11
  The book was delivered the next day. I am pleased! I recommend this vendor.
  
  
• not happy
  By AFFAOHN0XL49K on 2010-02-10
  the book was cheap and had all the pages, but it was dirty, taped together, and highlighted to death...."used" shouldnt mean "close to trash".......you guys need to screen your partners a little better, or maybe i was a random bad case, anyway, im never ordering from firsttrust_books again......and i couldve sworn i ordered the 7th edition, not the 6th...ughk
  
  
• fast shipping
  By AWNKD10SU0AUL on 2010-02-05
  This seller sent my book ASAP! I really appreciate when they do that, so thank you very much.
  
  
• Developing Person Through the Life Span
  By AJSO4HPHO70SK on 2010-01-31
  Well written, with plenty of significant points highlighted so you really make note of them. Good book for Lifespan Psych.
  
  
• The Developing Person
  By ADR3CKFJ9RIRC on 2009-12-26
  I liked the speed of delivery and the truthfulness in the quality of the item....it was much appreciated.
  
  
• Medical student
  By A3NTSHXQX2WSDD on 2009-12-08
  In need of this book for a human development course, I will most likely be keeping it for future classes; very broad coverage of psychological concepts, good references to other materials, and easily navigated organization.
  
  
  
• Like New
  By A37NW80BY9MA4Y on 2009-09-28
  This book is very new and in good condition. The only reason why im returning it because i have drop the course
  
  
• The Developing Person
  By AYEJJKWSP1CN9 on 2009-09-02
  Good read. The book gives an indept coverage of the subject matter. In my opinion, a well reasoned conclusion on all matter of research. Education at its best. I sometimes disagree with some of the writer's conclusions not based on substance but on opinion.
  
  
• Not a book for the beach
  By A3DVNSJUKAUMP8 on 2009-08-12
  Bought this book for a class and got a great price on it. Not a bad textbook, it's just not anything I'd like to carry around. I got the study guide too. Now that's a gem. Plenty of exam like questions and a great book to study from for the exit/comprehensive exam and the licence exam.
  
  Pat
  Columbia, SC
  
  
• textbook for Psych class
  By A3PJA6OTZI3FWG on 2009-06-22
  This is one version older than what the class is using. But, it still has all the saem info in it as the newer version. Only difference I have found is that a few sections have a tad more or less text content, so page numbers aren't exactly the same. Otherwise a very easy textbook to read!
  
  
• Text Review
  By A1F5WK4G2HG19 on 2008-11-24
  I have enjoyed this book thus far. It covers alot of important information, making it easy to understand and to keep your attention.
  
  
• Fantastic!
  By A18XVEAOAXLJAQ on 2007-10-28
  This was a great textbook...maybe the best I've used yet. I was looking forward to my human development class anyway but this book made it even better. It was well written, easy to read, excellent anecdotes and side stories that you could read or save for later. It gave great ideas for writing papers and was extremely well organized. I loved it and think that anyone who is interested in human development (class or no class) should read this text.
  
  

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