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The developing person through the life span / Kathleen Stassen Berger, Bronx Community College, City University of New York.

By: Material type: TextPublisher: New York : Worth Publishers/Macmillan Learning, 2023 Edition: Twelfth editionDescription: xxv, 669 pages : color illustrations ; 27 cm volumeContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 1319332005
  • 9781319332006
  • 9781319466213
  • 1319466214
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • BF 713 .2023 B47
Online resources: Summary: “Fresh brains." That is what a child told me when I asked why she might understand some-thing that I did not. "Children have fresh brains," she repeated. She implied that my brain had been around for a long time, so it might no longer be able to think very well. I disagree, of course. I believe that years of teaching, thinking, studying, and writing have led to some important understanding beyond that of any child. But that child reminded me of one of truisms of development: People of every age learn from each other. Older generations have vital knowledge, some explained in the next 26 chapters. That knowledge may be lifesaving. For example, the child death rate has plummeted over the past century, because more is known about infection, education, attachment, and dozens of other topics. The average life span has doubled worldwide, and we are learning to add life to years, not merely years to life. Listening to fresh brains is needed, but so is listening to experienced brains.This edition of this textbook, I hope, does both. -- Preface
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“Fresh brains."
That is what a child told me when I asked why she might understand some-thing that I did not.
"Children have fresh brains," she repeated. She implied that my brain had been around for a long time, so it might no longer be able to think very well.
I disagree, of course. I believe that years of teaching, thinking, studying, and writing have led to some important understanding beyond that of any child. But that child reminded me of one of truisms of development: People of every age learn from each other.
Older generations have vital knowledge, some explained in the next 26 chapters. That knowledge may be lifesaving. For example, the child death rate has plummeted over the past century, because more is known about infection, education, attachment, and dozens of other topics. The average life span has doubled worldwide, and we are learning to add life to years, not merely years to life.
Listening to fresh brains is needed, but so is listening to experienced brains.This edition of this textbook, I hope, does both. -- Preface

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