For courses in Lifespan Development
Help students understand how culture impacts development - and why it matters
Human Development: A Cultural Approach leads students to examine all stages of development through the engaging lens of culture. Jeffrey Jensen Arnett and new coauthor Lene Arnett Jensen integrate cross-cultural examples throughout the narrative to reveal the impact of cultural factors both in the US and around the world. The 3rd Edition includes thoroughly updated research and data for a learning experience that best prepares students to face challenges in our diverse and globalised world - whether they travel the globe or remain in their hometowns.
For courses in Lifespan Development
Help students understand how culture impacts development - and why it matters
Human Development: A Cultural Approach leads students to examine all stages of development through the engaging lens of culture. Jeffrey Jensen Arnett and new coauthor Lene Arnett Jensen integrate cross-cultural examples throughout the narrative to reveal the impact of cultural factors both in the US and around the world. The 3rd Edition includes thoroughly updated research and data for a learning experience that best prepares students to face challenges in our diverse and globalised world - whether they travel the globe or remain in their hometowns.
Jeffrey Jensen Arnett is a Research Professor in the
Department of Psychology at Clark University in Worcester,
Massachusetts. He received his Ph.D. in developmental psychology in
1986 from the University of Virginia, and did three years of
postdoctoral work at the University of Chicago. From 1992 through
1998 he was Associate Professor in the Department of Human
Development and Family Studies at the University of Missouri, where
he taught a 300-student life span development course every
semester. In the fall of 2005, he was a Fulbright Scholar at the
University of Copenhagen in Denmark; in 2010–2011 he was the Nehru
Chair at Maharaja Sayajirao University in India; and in 2017–2018
he was a Visiting Professor at the University of Bordeaux in
France.
His primary scholarly interest for the past 20 years has been in
emerging adulthood. He coined the term, and he has conducted
research on emerging adults concerning a wide variety of topics,
involving several different ethnic groups in American society. He
is the Founding President and Executive Director of the Society for
the Study of Emerging Adulthood (SSEA; www.ssea.org). From 2005 to
2014 he was the editor of the Journal of Adolescent Research, and
currently he is on the Editorial Board of JAR and five other
journals. He has published many theoretical and research papers on
emerging adulthood in peer-reviewed journals, as well as the book
Emerging Adulthood: The Winding Road from the Late Teens Through
the Twenties (2015, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press), among
many others.
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