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Social and Personality Development (with InfoTrac )
enlarge	Author: David R. Shaffer Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing Category: Book List Price: ~~$162.95~~ Buy Used: $16.36 You Save: $146.59 (90%) New (18) Used (23) from $16.36 Media: Hardcover Edition: 5 Number Of Items: 1 Pages: 600 Shipping Weight (lbs): 3 Dimensions (in): 10.1 x 8.8 x 1.1 ISBN: 0534607004 Dewey Decimal Number: 155.418 EAN: 9780534607005 ASIN: 0534607004 Publication Date: July 2, 2004 Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days Shipping: Expedited shipping available

Editorial Reviews: Product Description The success of this best-selling text lies in the author's belief that a good text talks with, rather than at, its readers. Shaffer does an extraordinary job of anticipating students' interests, questions, and concerns while treating them as active participants in the process of learning about social and personality development. The Fifth edition of SOCIAL AND PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT features clearly written, current coverage of social and personality development that aids students in discovering the causes, processes, and complexities that underlie developmental change. Students learn why biological and environmental factors, contextual factors such as cross-cultural, familial, neighborhood, school, and peer-group influences cause change in children. Shaffer also explores the approaches that researchers use to test their theories and answer important questions about developing children and adolescents. This book's effective coverage of field research stands out from other texts not only for its accuracy and currency, but because Shaffer consistently juxtaposes classic research with the latest breakthroughs in a way that helps students appreciate how knowledge builds on earlier findings. This edition features a much stronger emphasis on cultural influences on development.

Customer Reviews: Book Review September 30, 2008 The book was purchased for a class and was in excellent condition as well as very informative and helpful. excellent read!!! August 13, 2008 As a psychology major I have read many psychology books. This is by far the best book I have ever read. It is an easy read, it is simple and direct when discussing the different theories. I had the "a-ha" moment while reading this book and all the theories and authors made sense to me. I would recommend this book to anyone who is looking to psychology, child development, education, and sociology. Parents would find this book educational. As a parent of three pre-teen boys I was amazed at the information that I could have used during their younger developmental years, but I learned so much that will help me in the future. This is a keeper!!! I usualy sell my books back, but not this one! guided by Bronfenbrenner May 29, 2006 1 out of 1 found this review helpful As an instructor, I found this to be an excellent text. In particular, I appreciated the repeated incorporation of cross-cultural research. This text answers the call for incorporating diversity across the curriculum. Repeated inclusion of cross-cultural similarities and differences, combined with repeated discussions of the interconnections of multiple variables, helps students move away from a "one-size fits all" approach and egocentric thinking. By the end of the semester, when students were presented with a hypothetical problem scenario to resolve, they quickly outlined a list of additional details they would need to know, offering how each variable (parenting style, ethnicity, location of residence, violence within family, etc.) would alter the "goodness of fit" of their intervention. Also, the author does not shy away from presenting research evidence that is sometimes contradictory or inconclusive, which provides an excellent opportunity for in-class discussions of the reality of research and how, as a field, we address these issues. The only drawback is the amount of information sometimes overwhelmed students, so I found it necessary to focus their reading on certain sections of each chapter - however this can also be viewed as strength, since it allowed me to "customize" my course to some extent. Social and Personality Development September 22, 2005 0 out of 6 found this review helpful This was a brand new book and I was pleased with the book however it took longer than expected to receive.

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