In the past fifty years, scholars of human development have been moving
from studying change in humans within sharply defined periods, to seeing
many more of these phenomenon as more profitably studied over time and
in relation to other processes. The Handbook of Life-Span Development,
Volume 2: Social and Emotional Development presents the study of human
development conducted by the best scholars in the 21st century. Social
workers, counselors and public health workers will receive coverage of
the social and emotional aspects of human change across the lifespan.