Human development : traditional and contemporary theories /
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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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.