Review of Development in adolescence

Abstract

Reviews the book, Development in adolescence by Harold E. Jones (1943). This book is a study of development during preadolescence and adolescence. Specifically, it deals with the history of one boy, John Sanders, chosen from the 200 boys and girls of the California Adolescent Growth Study. We first see John at the age of 10 and leave him at the age of 18 when he is presumably preparing to enter college. The ten chapters in the book cover John's early life in the home, describe his parents, and deal at length with John's physical, mental and social development. In the last two chapters we are given a picture of John as he sees himself, and the author's summary of John as a person. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved)