More students learn from John Santrock’s Adolescence than from any other text in this field. Students and instructors rely on the careful balance of accurate, current research and applications to the real lives of adolescents. The fully-revised eleventh edition includes a new chapter on health, expanded coverage of late adolescence, and more than 1200 research citations from the 21st century.

Table of Contents

CHAPTER 1: Introduction
CHAPTER 2 The Science of Adolescent Development
CHAPTER 3 Puberty and Biological Foundations
CHAPTER 4 Cognitive Development
CHAPTER 5 The Self, Identity, Emotions, and Personality
CHAPTER 6 Gender
CHAPTER 7: Sexuality
CHAPTER 8 Moral Development, Values, and Religion
CHAPTER 9: Families
CHAPTER 10: Peers
CHAPTER 11: Schools
CHAPTER 12: Achievement, Work, and Careers
CHAPTER 13: Culture
CHAPTER 14: Adolescent Problems
CHAPTER 15: Health, Stress, and Coping

About the Author

John W. Santrock received his Ph.D. from the College of Education and Human Development at the University of Minnesota. He taught at the University of Charleston and the University of Georgia before joining the faculty at the University of Texas at Dallas. He has worked as a school psychologist and currently teaches educational psychology every year at the undergraduate level. In 2006, John recieved the University of Texas at Dallas Excellence in teaching award. His research has included publications in the Journal of Educational Psychology that focus on the contextual aspects of affectively-toned cognition and children's self-regulatory behavior as well as teachers' perceptions of children from divorced families. He has been a member of the editorial boards of Developmental Psychology and Child Development. His publications include these exceptional McGraw-Hill texts: Child Development, 10th Ed; Life-Span Development, 9th Edition; Adolescence, 9th Edition; Psychology, 7th Edition; and Educational Psychology, 3rd Edition.