Development: The History of a Psychological Concept

ISBN-13: 9781108970501 / Miękka / 2023 / 217 str.

Milton Keynes) Goodey Christopher (The Open University

Opis

This book traces the historical roots of psychology's 'developmental idea' back to Christian beliefs from the past two millennia.

Recenzje

'This book will be a profitable read for scholars working in all these areas, as well as in philosophy.' B. T. Harding, Choice

Spis treści

Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. Development and the origin of psychological concepts; 2. The history of Christianity and the first principles of development: linear time, interiority, structure; 3. The history of education: rearing the elect child; 4. Pascal on the ordering of human time; 5. The normalization of the elect: Locke to Montesquieu; 6. The coining of a developmental theory: Leibniz to Bonnet; 7. Emile: Rousseau's well-ordered developer; 8. Nature versus nurture and cognitive ability testing: historical sketches; Postscript: further targets for historical research.