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Theories of Development : Concepts and Applications

ISBN: 9780139134760 | 013913476X
Edition: 3rd
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Prentice-Hall, Inc.
Pub. Date: 11/1/1991

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SummaryTable of Contents
This engaging book, written with the help of extensive scholarship and leading scholars, introduces learners to twenty-four different theorists and compares and contrasts their theories on how we develop as individuals. Emphasizing the theories that follow and build upon the developmental tradition established by Rousseau, this text also covers theories in the environmental/learning tradition. For individuals interested in the psychology of child development.
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Prefacexi
Introductionxv
Early Theories: Preformationism, Locke, and Rousseau
1(15)
Preformationism
1(2)
Locke's Environmentalism
3(5)
Rousseau's Romantic Naturalism
8(8)
Gesell's Maturational Theory
16(12)
Biographical Introduction
16(1)
Principles of Development
17(5)
Philosophy of Child-Rearing
22(3)
Evaluation
25(3)
Ethological Theories: Darwin, Lorenz and Tinbergen, and Bowlby
28(29)
Darwin and the Theory of Evolution
28(3)
Modern Ethology: Lorenz and Tinbergen
31(7)
An Ethological View of Child Development: Bowlby's Theory
38(19)
Montessori's Educational Philosophy
57(18)
Biographical Introduction
57(1)
Theory of Development
58(4)
Early Education in the Home
62(1)
The Montessori School
63(9)
Evaluation
72(3)
Werner's Organismic and Comparative Theory
75(25)
Biographical Introduction
75(2)
Werner's View of Development
77(5)
Some Comparative Studies
82(7)
Symbol Formation: An Organismic View
89(2)
Theoretical Issues
91(4)
Practical Applications
95(2)
Evaluation
97(3)
Piaget's Cognitive-Developmental Theory
100(34)
Biographical Introduction
100(2)
Overview of the Theory
102(1)
Period I. Sensori-Motor Intelligence (Birth to Two Years)
103(5)
Periods II and III. Preoperational Thought (Two to Seven) and Concrete Operations (Seven to 11)
108(11)
Period IV. Formal Operations (11 to Adulthood)
119(2)
Theoretical Issues
121(3)
Implications for Education
124(3)
Evaluation
127(7)
Kohlberg's Stages of Moral Development
134(20)
Biographical Introduction
134(1)
Piaget's Stages of Moral Judgment
135(1)
Kohlberg's Method
136(1)
Kohlberg's Six Stages
136(5)
Theoretical Issues
141(8)
Implications for Education
149(2)
Evaluation
151(3)
Learning Theory: Pavlov, Watson, and Skinner
154(21)
Pavlov and Classical Conditioning
154(3)
Watson
157(4)
Skinner and Operant Conditioning
161(14)
Bandura's Social Learning Theory
175(18)
Biographical Introduction
175(1)
Basic Concepts
176(2)
Socialization Studies
178(7)
Abstract Modeling and Piaget's Stages
185(3)
Practical Implications
188(2)
Evaluation
190(3)
Vygotsky's Social-Historical Theory of Cognitive Development
193(29)
Biographical Introduction
193(2)
Marx's Views on Human Nature
195(2)
Vygotsky's Theory of Psychological Tools
197(3)
Memory Aids
200(1)
Speech
201(9)
Schooling
210(5)
Practical Applications
215(2)
Evaluation
217(5)
Freud's Psychoanalytic Theory
222(25)
Biographical Introduction
222(3)
The Stages of Psychosexual Development
225(11)
The Agencies of the Mind
236(6)
Practical Implications
242(2)
Evaluation
244(3)
Erikson and the Eight Stages of Life
247(24)
Biographical Introduction
247(1)
Erikson's Stage Theory
248(14)
Theoretical Issues
262(5)
Practical Implications
267(1)
Evaluation
268(3)
A Case Study in Psychoanalytic Treatment: Bettelheim on Autism
271(10)
Biographical Introduction
271(1)
The Autistic Syndrome
272(1)
The Cause of Autism
273(1)
Therapy
274(5)
Evaluation
279(2)
Schachtel on Childhood Experiences
281(6)
Biographical Introduction
281(1)
Basic Concepts
282(3)
Implications for Education
285(1)
Evaluation
286(1)
Jung's Theory of Adulthood
287(12)
Biographical Introduction
287(3)
Personality Structure
290(3)
Theory of Development
293(4)
Practical Implications
297(1)
Evaluation
297(2)
Chomsky's Theory of Language Development
299(18)
Biographical Introduction
299(1)
Basic Concepts
300(6)
Notes on the Growth of Grammar
306(3)
Chomsky and Learning Theory
309(4)
Chomsky and Piaget
313(1)
Implications for Education
314(1)
Evaluation
315(2)
Conclusion: Humanistic Psychology and Developmental Theory
317(14)
Humanistic Psychology
317(5)
Developmentalists as Humanists
322(5)
Summary
327(1)
Postscript
328(3)
References331(18)
Name Index349(6)
Subject Index355

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