Books like Lifespan Development

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1Development Through the Lifespan
Development Through the Lifespan
Laura E. Berk
Another full-length college textbook covering development from conception to death, with a similar stage-by-stage structure.
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2The Developing Person Through the Life Span
The Developing Person Through the Life Span
Kathleen Stassen Berger
A widely used lifespan textbook that follows the same chronological arrangement and draws on developmental research throughout.
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3Development Across the Life Span
Development Across the Life Span
Robert S. Feldman
A lifespan textbook that covers the same stages of development with an emphasis on research methods and applied examples.
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4Adolescence
Adolescence
Laurence D. Steinberg
A focused, research-based account of adolescent development that goes deeper into one stage the textbook covers in a single chapter.
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5The Scientist in the Crib
The Scientist in the Crib
Patricia K. Kuhl
A popular account of research on how infants learn, which complements textbook coverage of early cognitive development.
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6The Nurture Assumption
The Nurture Assumption
Judith Rich Harris
A challenging argument about how much parenting shapes children, useful for discussing the nature and nurture questions a lifespan text raises.
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7The Philosophical Baby
The Philosophical Baby
Alison Gopnik
A wide-ranging book on how children's minds develop and what that says about learning and knowledge in adults.
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8Mind in the Making
Mind in the Making
Ellen Galinsky
A book about the skills children develop and how adults can support them, linking developmental research to everyday practice.
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