Sources : notable selections in human development / edited by Rhett Diessner.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Guilford, Connecticut : Dushkin 1997.Edition: first editionDescription: xii, 368 pagesContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780697310504
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • HQ768 .S687 1997
  • HQ768
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Contents:
Infancy and toddlerhood: Physical and cognitive development; Social and personality development -- Early childhood: Cognitive development; Social and personality development -- Middle childhood: Cognitive development; Social and personality development -- Adolescence: Physical and cognitive development; Social and personality development -- Early and middle adulthood: Cognitive development; Social and personality development -- Late adulthood: Late adulthood and seniority.
Subject: [The book] brings together over 40 selections of enduring intellectual value, classic articles, book excerpts, and research studies, that have shaped the study of human development and our contemporary understanding of it. [The book] provides the opportunity for readers to encounter many of the greatest thinkers in human development at first hand. The book includes carefully edited selections from the works of the most distinguished observers of human development, past and present, from Jean Piaget and Lawrence Kohlberg to Carol Gilligan, Mary D. Salter Ainsworth and K. Warner Schaie. The selections are organized topically around major areas of study within human development. Each topical section offers a diverse range of readings, all of which are high quality and lively. Each selection is preceded by a headnote that establishes the relevance of the selection and provides biographical information on the author. Students of human development will appreciate the broad range of coverage, the logic of the organization and the accessibility of the material within this volume.-Back cover. [The book] is an introductory-level college text anthology.-Pref.
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Withdrawn G. Allen Fleece Library WITHDRAWN Non-fiction BF713 .S68 1997 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Not for loan 31923000985974

Theories of developmental psychology: Grand theories; Non-western classics; Genes and environmental influence -- Infancy and toddlerhood: Physical and cognitive development; Social and personality development -- Early childhood: Cognitive development; Social and personality development -- Middle childhood: Cognitive development; Social and personality development -- Adolescence: Physical and cognitive development; Social and personality development -- Early and middle adulthood: Cognitive development; Social and personality development -- Late adulthood: Late adulthood and seniority.

[The book] brings together over 40 selections of enduring intellectual value, classic articles, book excerpts, and research studies, that have shaped the study of human development and our contemporary understanding of it. [The book] provides the opportunity for readers to encounter many of the greatest thinkers in human development at first hand. The book includes carefully edited selections from the works of the most distinguished observers of human development, past and present, from Jean Piaget and Lawrence Kohlberg to Carol Gilligan, Mary D. Salter Ainsworth and K. Warner Schaie. The selections are organized topically around major areas of study within human development. Each topical section offers a diverse range of readings, all of which are high quality and lively. Each selection is preceded by a headnote that establishes the relevance of the selection and provides biographical information on the author. Students of human development will appreciate the broad range of coverage, the logic of the organization and the accessibility of the material within this volume.-Back cover. [The book] is an introductory-level college text anthology.-Pref.

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