Beyond heredity and environment : Myrtle McGraw and the maturation controversy
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Beyond heredity and environment : Myrtle McGraw and the maturation controversy
Westview Press, 1995
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Includes bibliographical references, bibliography of references in essays by Myrtle McGraw (p. 285-293), and index
Description and Table of Contents
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ISBN 9780813321530
Description
The ongoing controversies over Myrtle McGraws pioneering research on infant development and learning are critically examined in this book. Prominent researchers and scholars introduce McGraws most cogent workincluding five previously unpublished essaysand address popular misconceptions by clarifying her principles of development. Dalton and Bergenn show how McGraw, in collaboration with John Dewey and other noted scientists, obviated the debate over nature and nurture by introducing innovative methods to understand the complex but integrated processes of growth and development. }Myrtle McGraws pioneering contributions to the field of child development have been readily acknowledged and documented, yet controversy persists among psychologists as to how to interpret her ideas about significant factors that influence learning. This collection includes some of McGraws most cogent work, including five previously unpublished essays that address misconceptions and clarify her principles of development.
These essays demonstrate that McGraw conceived of development as a continuous interaction between neural and behavioral growth processes that could not be reduced to either heredity or environment.The editors document McGraws little-known collaboration in the 1930s with John Dewey and several other notable scientists. Dewey believed their research promised to revolutionize work in the field of child study. Their collaboration brings to light new evidence that McGraws work made use of novel methods to study developmental behavior and enabled Dewey to examine the origin and role of judgment in inquiry. Five other contributors discuss specific issues and episodes that illuminate why McGraws scientific innovations remain pertinent to researchers in infant motor development. }
Table of Contents
- Foreword: Myrtle McGraws Nascent and Pioneering Use of Embryology to Understand Human Development
- (Ronald W. Oppenheim. )
- Reconsidering McGraws Contribution to Developmental Psychology
- (Thomas C. Dalton and Victor W. Bergenn. )
- Insights And Blunders
- Introduction: My First Science Teacher
- (Gerard Piel. )
- Perspectives of Infancy and Early Childhood Professional and Personal Blunders in Child Development
- The Maturation Controversy
- Introduction: Johnny and Jimmy and the Maturation Controversy: Popularization, Misunderstanding, and Setting the Record Straight
- (Paul Dennis. )
- Later Development of Children Specially Trained During Infancy: Johnny and Jimmy at School Age Signals of Growth The Experimental Twins Infant Motor Development: A Study of the Effect of Special Exercises The Problem of Using Secondary Sources: Elkinds Blunders
- Coghill, Neuroembryology, And The Principles Of Development
- Introduction: McGraws Alternative to Gesells Maturationist Theory
- (Thomas C. Dalton. )
- The Function of Reflexes in the Behavior Development of Infants Behavior Development General Principles of Growth Individual Development Let Babies Be Our Teachers
- Psychobiology And The Interdisciplinary Study Of Infant Growth
- Introduction: The Developmental Psychobiology of Myrtle McGraw
- (Donald A. Dewsbury. )
- Basic Concepts and Procedures in a Study of Behavior Development Maturation of Behavior An Open Letter to Parents of Young Infants Challenges for Students of Infancy Epilogue: A Developmental Neurologists Homage
- (Bert C.L. Touwen.)
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ISBN 9780813390703
Description
The ongoing controversies over Myrtle McGraws pioneering research on infant development and learning are critically examined in this book. Prominent researchers and scholars introduce McGraws most cogent workincluding five previously unpublished essaysand address popular misconceptions by clarifying her principles of development. Dalton and Bergenn show how McGraw, in collaboration with John Dewey and other noted scientists, obviated the debate over nature and nurture by introducing innovative methods to understand the complex but integrated processes of growth and development. Myrtle McGraws pioneering contributions to the field of child development have been readily acknowledged and documented, yet controversy persists among psychologists as to how to interpret her ideas about significant factors that influence learning. This collection includes some of McGraws most cogent work, including five previously unpublished essays that address misconceptions and clarify her principles of development.
These essays demonstrate that McGraw conceived of development as a continuous interaction between neural and behavioral growth processes that could not be reduced to either heredity or environment.The editors document McGraws little-known collaboration in the 1930s with John Dewey and several other notable scientists. Dewey believed their research promised to revolutionize work in the field of child study. Their collaboration brings to light new evidence that McGraws work made use of novel methods to study developmental behavior and enabled Dewey to examine the origin and role of judgment in inquiry. Five other contributors discuss specific issues and episodes that illuminate why McGraws scientific innovations remain pertinent to researchers in infant motor development.
Table of Contents
- Foreword: Myrtle McGraws Nascent and Pioneering Use of Embryology to Understand Human Development
- (Ronald W. Oppenheim. )
- Reconsidering McGraws Contribution to Developmental Psychology
- (Thomas C. Dalton and Victor W. Bergenn. )
- Insights And Blunders
- Introduction: My First Science Teacher
- (Gerard Piel. )
- Perspectives of Infancy and Early Childhood Professional and Personal Blunders in Child Development
- The Maturation Controversy
- Introduction: Johnny and Jimmy and the Maturation Controversy: Popularization, Misunderstanding, and Setting the Record Straight
- (Paul Dennis. )
- Later Development of Children Specially Trained During Infancy: Johnny and Jimmy at School Age Signals of Growth The Experimental Twins Infant Motor Development: A Study of the Effect of Special Exercises The Problem of Using Secondary Sources: Elkinds Blunders
- Coghill, Neuroembryology, And The Principles Of Development
- Introduction: McGraws Alternative to Gesells Maturationist Theory
- (Thomas C. Dalton. )
- The Function of Reflexes in the Behavior Development of Infants Behavior Development General Principles of Growth Individual Development Let Babies Be Our Teachers
- Psychobiology And The Interdisciplinary Study Of Infant Growth
- Introduction: The Developmental Psychobiology of Myrtle McGraw
- (Donald A. Dewsbury. )
- Basic Concepts and Procedures in a Study of Behavior Development Maturation of Behavior An Open Letter to Parents of Young Infants Challenges for Students of Infancy Epilogue: A Developmental Neurologists Homage
- (Bert C.L. Touwen.)
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