D. Lewkowicz

Conceptions of Development

Lessons from the Laboratory
Herausgeber: Lewkowicz, David J; Lickliter, Richard

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This is a volume about the process of scientific discovery. Thirteen leading senior scientists, each interested in some aspect of behaviorial development, recount their intellectual journeys over the course of their careers and document their individual struggles to better understand and describe various developmental phenomena. Covering a broad range of topics, including perceptual, motor, social, and cognitive development, the contributors to this volume provide case-studies of how one pursues a long-term, systematic research program and how scientists continually formulate and reformulate their working conceptual frameworks based on their research results. "Conceptions of Development provides a unique and personal, "behind-the-scenes" account of the process of scientific discovery, illustrating that useful and enduring scientific insight derives from the bidirectional interplay between empirical work and theory formulation. This volume will be of interest to a broad audience consisting not only of psychologists and psychobiologists interested in the study of development, but also teachers and students interested in behavioral development and its investigation, and the general reader interested in the process of scientific discovery.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 364
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Juni 2002
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 220mm x 173mm x 31mm
• Gewicht: 708g
• ISBN-13: 9780863776809
• ISBN-10: 0863776809
• Artikelnr.: 22441093

Autorenporträt

D.J. Lewkowicz, R. Lickliter

Inhaltsangabe

D. Lewkowicz
R. Lickliter
Introduction. M. Hofer
The Riddle of Development. G. Gottlieb
Emergence of the Developmental Manifold Concept from an Epigenetic Analysis of Instinctive Behavior. C. Moore
On Differences and Development. M. West
A. King
The Ontogeny of Competence. W. Mason
The Natural History of Primate Behavioral Development: An Organismic Perspective. R. Clifton
Learning about Infants. G. Michel
Development of Infant Handedness. Gerald Turkewitz
Wasn't I Stupid: Or
Once You Know It's So Obvious. D. Bjorklund
Memory
Strategies
Knowledge
and Evolution: The Evolution of a Developmentalist. S. Trehub
The Musical Infant. L. Smith
How to be Smart: Lessons from Word Learning. K. Fischer
Z. Yan
The Development of Dynamic Skill Theory. R. Lerner
Multigenesis: Levels of Professional Integration in the Life Span of a Developmental Scientist.