Discovering the Life Span provides a broad overview of a human life, from conception through death. Utilizing a flexible, modular organization, author Robert Feldman covers the life span chronologically and focuses on physical, cognitive, and social and personality development within each stage of life. An engaging writing style makes the material meaningful and prepares you to apply what you're learning to your own life.

The 6th Edition includes comprehensive updates, with fresh material on the importance of reading to preschool children, vaping in adolescence, postpartum depression and more. Numerous contemporary images have been added to the text’s photo program to help you connect with the material.