Development Across the Life Span Author:Robert S. Feldman This detailed and readable book provides readers with a broad overview of the field of human development, covering the entire range of human lifefrom the moment of conception through deathand focusing on physical, cognitive, and social and personality development. It covers basic theories and research findings, as well as highlightin... more »g current applications outside the laboratory. A nine-part organization covers beginnings, infancy: forming the foundations of life, the preschool years, the middle childhood years, adolescence, early adulthood, middle adulthood, late adulthood, and endings. For individuals spanning the range of human existenceand trying to maximize its current content and inherent promise.« less