Experience Human Development: 2026 Release ISE

As a professor, Diane E. Papalia has taught thousands of undergraduates at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She received her bachelor’s degree, majoring in psychology, from Vassar College and both her master’s degree in child development and family relations and her Ph.D. in life-span developmental psychology from West Virginia University. She has published numerous articles in such professional journals as Human Development, International Journal of Aging and Human Development, Sex Roles, Journal of Experimental Child Psychology and Journal of Gerontology. Most of these papers have dealt with her major research focus, cognitive development from childhood through old age. Gabriela Alicia Martorell was born in Seattle, Washington, but moved as a toddler to Guatemala. At eight, she returned to the United States and lived in Northern California until leaving for her undergraduate training at the University of California, Davis. After obtaining her B.S. in Psychology, she earned her Ph.D. in Developmental and Evolutionary Psychology with an interdisciplinary emphasis in Human Development from the University of California, Santa Barbara. She now works as a Full Professor of Psychology at Virginia Wesleyan University and serves as the chair of the Institutional Review Board. Gabi maintains an active teaching schedule and teaches courses in Introductory Psychology, Lifespan Human Development, Infant Development, Child Development, Adolescent Development, Culture and Development, Evolutionary Psychology, Research Methods, Original Research Project and Capstone community-based learning courses in Early Childhood Education and Adulthood and Aging. She is committed to teaching, mentoring, and advising. She recently concluded a 5-year longitudinal National Science Foundation grant focused on the retention of higher education students from traditionally underrepresented groups in science, technology, engineering, and math. She is also a volunteer trainer for Court Appointed Special Advocates, and a group fitness instructor for the YMCA of South Hampton Roads.

• Part 1 About Human Development1. The Study of Human Development2. Theory and ResearchPart 2 Beginnings3. Forming a New Life4. Birth and Physical Development during the First Three Years5. Cognitive Development during the First Three Years6. Psychosocial Development during the First Three YearsPart 3 Early Childhood7. Physical and Cognitive Development in Early Childhood8. Psychosocial Development in Early ChildhoodPart 4 Middle Childhood9. Physical and Cognitive Development in Middle Childhood10. Psychosocial Development in Middle ChildhoodPart 5 Adolescence11. Physical and Cognitive Development in Adolescence12. Psychosocial Development in AdolescencePart 6 Emerging and Young Adulthood13. Physical and Cognitive Development in Emerging and Young Adulthood14. Psychosocial Development in Emerging and Young AdulthoodPart 7 Middle Adulthood15. Physical and Cognitive Development in Middle Adulthood16. Psychosocial Development in Middle AdulthoodPart 8 Late Adulthood17. Physical and Cognitive Development in Late Adulthood18. Psychosocial Development in Late AdulthoodPart 9 The End of Life19. Dealing with Death and Bereavement