Life-Span Developmental Psychology: Snapshot of an Emerging Field

Abstract

Originally published in Contemporary Psychology: APA Review of Books, 1987, Vol 32(12), 1019–1020. Reviews the book, Life-Span Development: Concepts, Theories and Interventions by Leonie Sugarman (1986). To capture accurately the texture and depth of an emerging field is not an easy task. Sugarman takes on that challenge for the emerging perspective on developmental psychology known as life span. With this introductory text, Sugarman proposes (a) to present the life-span approach and discuss its implications for conceptions of development; (b) to review, from a life-span perspective, physical, cognitive, personality, and social development across adulthood; (c) to describe theory and research on coping with critical life events; and (d) to summarize life-span views on intervention. This book may be of interest not just to the audiences targeted by Sugarman. In addition, proponents of the approach may also benefit from a perusal of this text. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2006 APA, all rights reserved)

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