William Crain

Theories of Development (eBook, ePUB)

Concepts and Applications

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The book introduces students to the most influential theorists who have contributed to our understanding of how we develop as individuals. It discusses the theorists who have built upon the developmental tradition established by Rousseau, along other theorists, including ethologists and psychoanalysts, who share a developmental outlook.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 472
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. April 2024
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781040000359
• Artikelnr.: 70229343

Autorenporträt

William Crain is Professor Emeritus of Psychology at The City College of New York. In 2008, he and his wife Ellen founded Safe Haven Farm Sanctuary, which gives a lifelong home to farm animals rescued from slaughter and abandonment. Bill and Ellen have three children and six grandchildren.

Inhaltsangabe

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-History 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. Contrasting Approaches to Autism. Chapter 15. Schachtel
on Childhood Experiences. Chapter 16. Jung's Theory of Adulthood. Chapter
17. Chomsky's Theory of Language Development. Chapter 18. Conclusion:
Humanistic Psychology and Developmental Theory. Epilogue. A Developmental
Perspective on the Standards Movement.