Principles of Developmental Psychology : An Introduction

ISBN-13: 9780863772801 / Angielski / Miękka / 1994 / 288 str.

Margaret Harris

Opis

Developmental psychology is concerned with the scientific understanding of age related changes in experience and behaviour, not only in children but throughout the lifespan. The task is to discover, describe, and explain how development occurs, from its earliest origins, into childhood, adulthood, and old age. To understand human development requires one not only to make contact with human nature but also to consider the diverse effects of culture on the developing child. Development is as much a process of acquiring culture as it is of biological growth.

Spis treści

Developmental Psychology. The Modern Synthesis - 1947-Present. The Origins of Developmental Psychology. Development in Infancy - Perception and Action Systems. Origins of Knowledge. Cognitive Development in Early Childhood. Middle Childhood. Adolescence and Life Span Development.

O autorze

George Butterworth