Development Across the Life Span, Global Edition -- Revel

Robert S. Feldman is a Professor of Psychological and Brain Sciences and Senior Advisor to the Chancellor at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. A recipient of the College Distinguished Teacher Award, he teaches psychology classes ranging in size from ten to nearly 500 students. During the course of more than three decades as a college instructor, he has taught both undergraduate and graduate courses at Mount Holyoke College, Wesleyan University, and Virginia Commonwealth University in addition to the University of Massachusetts. Professor Feldman, who initiated the Minority Mentoring Program at the University of Massachusetts, has also served as a Hewlett Teaching Fellow and Senior Online Teaching Fellow. He initiated distance learning courses in psychology at the University of Massachusetts. A Fellow of the American Psychological Association, the Association for Psychological Science, and the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Professor Feldman received a B.A. with High Honors from Wesleyan University (from which he received the Distinguished Alumni Award). He has an M.S. and a Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He is a winner of a Fulbright Senior Research Scholar and Lecturer award, and he has written more than 100 books, book chapters, and scientific articles. He has edited Development of Nonverbal Behavior in Children (Springer-Verlag) and Applications of Nonverbal Behavioral Theory and Research (Erlbaum), and co-edited Fundamentals of Nonverbal Behavior (CambridgeUniversity Press). He is also the author of Child Development, Understanding Psychology, and P.O.W.E.R. Learning: Strategies for Success in College and Life. His books have been translated into many languages, including Spanish, French, Portuguese, Dutch, Chinese, Korean, German, Arabic, and Japanese. His research interests include honesty and deception in everyday life, work that he described in The Liar in Your Life, a trade book published in 2009. His research has been supported by grants from the National Institute of Mental Health and the National Institute on Disabilities and Rehabilitation Research. Professor Feldman is the past president of the Federation of Associations of Behavioral and Brain Sciences Foundation, a consortium of societies that benefit the social sciences. In addition, he is on the board of New England Public Radio. Professor Feldman loves music, is an enthusiastic pianist, and enjoys cooking and travelling. He has three children and four grandchildren, and he and his wife, a psychologist, live in western Massachusetts in a home overlooking the Holyoke Mountain Range.

PART 1: Beginnings

An Introduction to Lifespan Development
The Start of Life: Prenatal Development
Birth and the Newborn Infant

PART 2: Infancy: Forming the Foundations Of Life

Physical Development in Infancy
Cognitive Development in Infancy
Social and Personality Development in Infancy

PART 3: The Preschool Years

Physical and Cognitive Development in the Preschool Years
Social and Personality Development in the Preschool Years

PART 4: The Middle Childhood Years

Physical and Cognitive Development in Middle Childhood
Social and Personality Development in Middle Childhood

PART 5: Adolescence

Physical and Cognitive Development in Adolescence
Social and Personality Development in Adolescence

PART 6: Early Adulthood

Physical and Cognitive Development in Early Adulthood
Social and Personality Development in Early Adulthood

PART 7: Middle Adulthood

Physical and Cognitive Development in Middle Adulthood
Social and Personality Development in Middle Adulthood

PART 8: Late Adulthood

Physical and Cognitive Development in Late Adulthood
Social and Personality Development in Late Adulthood
Death and Dying