Create a Custom Text: For enrollments of at least 25, create your own textbook by combining chapters from best-selling Pearson textbooks and/or reading selections in the sequence you want. To begin building your custom text, visit www.pearsoncustomlibrary.com. You may also work with a dedicated Pearson Custom editor to create your ideal text-publishing your own original content or mixing and matching Pearson content. Contact your Pearson Publisher's Representative to get started. Updated chapters throughout: Features new information with respect to the theories of Bowlby, Ainsworth, Vygotsky, Kohlberg, Gilligan, and Chomsky. Offers students added information reflecting recent research.

Biographical introductions: Each chapter begins by introducing the students to the people and historical conditions behind the development of each theory. Engages the students by giving them a context for the development of each theory so they can relate to it. Practical implications: Discusses how each theory applies to everyday issues and problems in education, child rearing, health care, etc. Shows the students the relevance of the theories to real life issues and problems. Extensive examples: Uses many stories and case studies to illustrate the basic concepts of each theory. Shows students the different elements of each theory at work in various situations. Chapter-ending evaluations: After the theory has been explained and applied, it is discussed and compared to other theories introduced earlier. Gives students perspective on the theory as compared to other theories.

Inspiring conclusion: Shows how developmental theorists anticipated major themes in modern humanistic psychology. Shows students how theory illuminates positive human strivings. Updated epilogue: Discusses the standards and testing movement sweeping the United States. Gives students a developmental perspective on this dominant force in education today. Coverage of theories by women: Full chapters on Margaret Mahler's theory of separation/individuation and Maria Montessori's educational philosophy; extensive coverage of Mary Ainsworth's attachment theory, and Carol Gilligan's critique of Kohlberg's theory. Provides a balance of theories.