Human development : traditional and contemporary theories /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bergen, Doris
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Upper Saddle River, N.J. : Pearson Prentice Hall, [2008]
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Online Access:Table of contents only
Table of Contents:
  • Defining and categorizing theories and exploring their historical roots
  • Applying human development theories in research and practice
  • Theories with major emphasis on personality and social-emotional development
  • Further theoretical perspectives on personality and social-emotional development
  • Life span theoretical perspectives on personality and social-emotional developmental change
  • Theories with major emphasis on cognitive and language development
  • Further theoretical perspectives on cognitive and language development
  • Theories with major emphasis on sociomoral and gender role development
  • Further theoretical perspectives on sociomoral and gender role development
  • Life span theories of cognitive, sociomoral, gender role, and physical/motor/perceptual development
  • Theoretical perspectives from physical/motor and perceptual development, neuroscience, and behavioral genetics
  • Theoretical perspectives from ecological, bioecological, developmental psychobiological, and nonlinear dynamical systems
  • Epilogue: The future of human developmental theory.