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Understanding Human Development : Dialogues with Lifespan Psychology /

Understanding developmental processes in the individual as well as in aggregates of individuals is an important aim of many of the social and behavioral sciences. This book presents a theoretical framework for this endeavor - an architecture for the study of human development across different discip...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Staudinger, Ursula M.
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Lindenberger, Ulman
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Boston, MA : Springer US, 2003.
Subjects:
Philosophy (General)
Social sciences > Methodology.
Consciousness.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • From the contents: Foreword
  • Acknowledgments
  • List of Contributors
  • I: The Overall Architecture of Lifespan Development
  • II: Basic Processes of Lifespan Development: Selective Optimization with Compensation (SOC)
  • III: A Lifespan View of Self and Personality
  • IV: A Lifespan View of Intelligence and Cognition
  • V: At the Frontiers of Lifespan Methodology
  • VI: The Future of Lifespan Psychology: Comments from Related Fields and Neighboring Disciplines
  • Author Index
  • Subject Index.