Life-Span Human Development

Life-Span Human Development, 10th Edition, offers college and university students a thorough introduction to the study of human growth across the entire life course. Authors Carol K. Sigelman and Elizabeth A. Rider build an educational framework that connects foundational theories of development directly to practical applications, demonstrating how research applies to real-world scenarios.

The book structures its analysis around core stage progressions, examining growth through infancy, childhood, adolescence, and adulthood. Within each stage, the material explores biological influences alongside sociocultural influences, demonstrating how genetic inheritance and environmental factors shape individual outcomes. This balanced treatment emphasizes the dynamic interplay of nature and nurture across physical, cognitive, and social development.

Published by Cengage Learning in 2022, this 736-page print textbook carries ISBN 9780357373651. It is widely used in higher education classrooms, supplying instructors and students with a structured text aligned with standard coursework in developmental psychology.