William Crain

Theories of Development (eBook, PDF)

Concepts and Applications

• Format: PDF

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: 360
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. April 2024
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781040000335
• Artikelnr.: 70229350

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-Historical 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 A Case Study in Psychoanalytic Treatment: Bettelheim on Autism
Chapter 15 Schachtel on Childhood Experiences
Chapter 16 Jung's Theory of Adulthood
Chapter 17 Chomsky's Theory of Language Development 1This chapter was written in collaboration with Stephen Crain.
Chapter 18 Conclusion: Humanistic Psychology and Developmental Theory
epi A Developmental Perspective on the Standards Movement