The SAGE Encyclopedia of Lifespan Human Development Multiple-component retail product

Lifespan human development is the study of all aspects of biological, physical, cognitive, socioemotional, and contextual development from conception to the end of life.

In approximately 800 signed articles by experts from a wide diversity of fields, The SAGE Encyclopedia of Lifespan Human Development explores all individual and situational factors related to human development across the lifespan. Some of the broad thematic areas will include: Adolescence and Emerging AdulthoodAgingBehavioral and Developmental DisordersCognitive DevelopmentCommunity and CultureEarly and Middle ChildhoodEducation through the LifespanGenetics and BiologyGender and SexualityLife EventsMental Health through the LifespanResearch Methods in Lifespan DevelopmentSpeech and Language Across the LifespanTheories and Models of Development. This five-volume encyclopedia promises to be an authoritative, discipline-defining work for students and researchers seeking to become familiar with various approaches, theories, and empirical findings about human development broadly construed, as well as past and current research.