Life: The Essentials of Human Development by Gabriela Martorell

Life: The Essentials of Human Development by Gabriela Martorell

Life: The Essentials of Human Development is a brief account of human development that illustrates how psychological concepts apply to everyday life, while exposing students to the role that culture and diversity play throughout the lifespan.

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.

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ISBN 13	9781259708862
ISBN 10	1259708861
Title	Life: The Essentials of Human Development
Author	Gabriela Martorell
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Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	McGraw-Hill Education
Year published	2018-09-11
Number of pages	0
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