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    <title>Life Span Development</title>
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    <namePart>Santrock, John W.</namePart>
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    <publisher>McGraw- Hill</publisher>
    <dateIssued>2002</dateIssued>
    <dateIssued encoding="marc" point="start">2002</dateIssued>
    <dateIssued encoding="marc" point="end">1997</dateIssued>
    <edition>Eighth edition.</edition>
    <issuance>monographic</issuance>
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    <extent>621 pages: pbk. 28 cm.</extent>
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  <abstract>Life-Span Development (8th Edition) by John Santrock provides a comprehensive overview of human development from conception to death. It explores physical, cognitive, and socioemotional changes across each life stage—infancy, childhood, adolescence, adulthood, and old age. The book emphasizes a life-span perspective, highlighting that development is lifelong, multidimensional, and influenced by culture, context, and individual differences. It integrates major theories, current research, and real-life applications, making it useful for understanding how people grow and change over time. This edition also includes updated content on aging and diversity.</abstract>
  <note type="statement of responsibility">John W. Santrock</note>
  <note>Includes Index.</note>
  <subject>
    <topic>Psychology</topic>
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