Theories of Development: Concepts and Applications

ISBN-13: 9780205810468 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 446 str.

William C. Crain

Opis

The result of extensive scholarship and consultation with leading scholars, this classic text introduces students to twenty-four theorists and compares and contrasts their theories on how we develop as individuals. Emphasizing the theories that build upon the developmental tradition established by Rousseau, this text also covers theories in the environmental/learning tradition. New to this Edition:

• Research and citations have been updated throughout.
• Expansion of　the chapter on ethology, reflecting the author's growing conviction that the study of animal behavior casts considerable light on　human development.
• Several chapters give greater attention to children's play.　 In addition, the chapter on Vygotsky adds a description of the popular, play-oriented Tools of the Mind education program, and the chapter on ethology concludes with a discussion of the question, "Is the young child's urge to play innate?"　
• Knowing that students want to discuss moral and philosophical issues as fully as possible, the 6th edition　includes Kohlberg's speculations about the possibility of a seventh stage of spiritual development.

Spis treści

Introduction; Chapter 1 Early Theories: Preformationism, Locke, and Rousseau; Chapter 2 Gesell’s Maturational Theory; Chapter 3 Ethological Theories: Darwin, Lorenz and Tinbergen, and Bowlby and Ainsworth; Chapter 4 Montessori’s Educational Philosophy; Chapter 5 Werner’s Organismic and Comparative Theory; Chapter 6 Piaget’s Cognitive-Developmental Theory; Chapter 7 Kohlberg’s Stages of Moral Development; Chapter 8 Learning Theory: Pavlov, Watson, and Skinner; Chapter 9 Bandura’s Social Learning Theory; Chapter 10 Vygotsky’s Social-Historical Theory of Cognitive Development; Chapter 11 Freud’s Psychoanalytic Theory; Chapter 12 Erikson and the Eight Stages of Life; Chapter 13 Mahler’s Separation/Individuation Theory; Chapter 14 A Case Study in Psychoanalytic Treatment: Bettelheim on Autism; Chapter 15 Schachtel on Childhood Experiences; Chapter 16 Jung’s Theory of Adulthood; Chapter 17 Chomsky’s Theory of Language Development 1This chapter was written in collaboration with Stephen Crain.; Chapter 18 Conclusion: Humanistic Psychology and Developmental Theory; epi A Developmental Perspective on the Standards Movement;

O autorze

William Crain