Life-Span Communication

<p>This innovative text emphasizes how communicative processes develop are maintained and change throughout the life span. Topics covered include language skills interpersonal conflict management socialization care-giving and relationship development. Core chapters examine specific communication processes from infancy through childhood and adolescence into middle age and later life.<br><br>In its exploration of the role of communication in human development this volume:<br>*overviews the theoretical and methodological issues related to studying communication across the life span;<br>*discusses foundations of communication: cognitive processes and language;<br>*examines communication in relational contexts and communication competencies;<br>*considers communication in leisure and the media with relevance to the life-span perspective; and<br>*presents the implications of the life-span perspective for future research. <br><br>This text is intended to be used in life-span communication courses and in interpersonal communication courses with a life-span focus at an advanced or graduate level. It may also be used in courses on family communication aging and language development. It will serve as a supplemental text for courses in psychology family studies personal relationships linguistics and language studies.</p>