Theories of development : concepts and applications

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Theories of development : concepts and applications

William Crain

Prentice Hall, c2000

4th ed

  • : pbk

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Bibliographical references: p. 385-403

Includes indexes

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For courses in Theories of Development at the undergraduate or graduate level. As a supplement to Child/Life Span/Adolescent Development courses or for any course where instructors need additional coverage of developmental theories. The result of extensive scholarship and consultation with leading scholars, written in an engaging narrative for undergraduates and graduates alike, this text introduces students 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.

Table of Contents

1. Early Theories: Preformationism, Locke, and Rousseau. 2. Gesell's Maturational Theory. 3. Ethological Theories: Darwin, Lorenz and Tinbergen, Bowlby, and Ainsworth. 4. Montessori's Educational Philosophy. 5. Werner's Organismic and Comparative Theory. 6. Piaget's Cognitive-Developmental Theory. 7. Kohlberg's Stages of Moral Development. 8. Learning Theory: Pavlov, Watson, and Skinner. 9. Bandura's Social Learning Theory. 10. Vygotsky's Social-Historical Theory of Cognitive Development. 11. Freud's Psychoanalytic Theory. 12. Erikson and the Eight Stages of Life. 13. Mahler's Separation/Individuation Theory. 14. A Case Study in Psychoanalytic Treatment: Bettelheim on Autism. 15. Schachtel on Childhood Experiences. 16. Jung's Theory of Adulthood. 17. Chomsky's Theory of Language Development. 18. Conclusion: Humanistic Psychology and Developmental Theory. Epilogue: A Developmental Perspective on the Standards Movement.

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