Adolescent Psychological Development : Rationality, Morality, and Identity

by Moshman, David

• ISBN13: 9780805848304
• ISBN10: 0805848304
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-09-17
• Publisher: Lawrence Erlbau

Summary

This is a revision of a short graduate-level textbook on the psychology of adolescence. This book focuses on developmental changes associated with adolescence and is appropriate for advanced undergraduate and graduate students and scholars.

Table of Contents

Preface	ix
Introduction: Development, Psychology, and Adolescence	xv
The Nature of Development	xv
Psychological Development	xvii
Adolescent Psychological Development	xx
I. Cognitive Development
Piaget's Theory of Formal Operations	3	(13)
Piaget's Theory of Cognitive Development	4	(3)
Piaget's Theory of Formal Operations	7	(3)
Research on Formal Operations	10	(6)
The Nature of Rationality	16	(19)
Postformal Reasoning	17	(3)
Scientific Reasoning	20	(3)
Thinking	23	(1)
Metacognition	24	(3)
Epistemic Cognition	27	(6)
Universality and Diversity	33	(2)
The Construction of Rationality	35	(14)
The Construction of Metalogical Understanding	36	(4)
The Construction of Metasubjective Objectivity	40	(5)
Reflection, Coordination, and Peer Interaction	45	(1)
Conclusion	46	(3)
II. Moral Development
Kohlberg's Theory of Moral Development	49	(10)
Female Circumcision: A Case Study in Culture and Morality	49	(1)
Moral Rationality	50	(2)
Piaget's Theory of Moral Development	52	(2)
Kohlberg's Theory of Moral Development	54	(3)
Research on Kohlberg's Theory	57	(2)
The Nature of Morality	59	(10)
Conceptions of the Moral Domain	60	(1)
Prosocial Conceptions of Morality as Care	60	(2)
Eudaimonist Conceptions of Morality as Virtue	62	(2)
Cultural Differences in Conceptions of the Moral Domain	64	(5)
The Construction of Morality	69	(10)
Moral Reasoning and Moral Development	70	(1)
A Pluralist Conception of Moral Development	71	(2)
Conclusion	73	(6)
III. Identity Formation
Erikson's Theory of Identity Formation	79	(9)
Erikson's Theory of Personality Development	80	(2)
Erikson's Theory of Adolescent Identity Formation	82	(1)
Marcia's Theory of Identity Formation	83	(5)
The Nature of Identity	88	(11)
Identity as a Theory of Oneself	89	(4)
Gender, Culture, and Identity	93	(4)
Domains of Identity	97	(2)
The Construction of Identity	99	(16)
Developmental Process	99	(2)
Discovery or Creation	101	(3)
Ethnic Identity	104	(3)
Sexual Identity	107	(4)
Conclusion	111	(4)
IV. Advanced Psychological Development
Rational Moral Identity	115	(10)
Moral Rationality	115	(2)
Rational Identity	117	(4)
Moral Identity	121	(2)
Rational Moral Identity	123	(2)
Pluralist Rational Constructivism	125	(10)
Constructivism	125	(2)
Rational Constructivism	127	(1)
Pluralist Rational Constructivism	128	(6)
Conclusion	134	(1)
Rationality and Liberty in Secondary Education	135	(10)
Education for Rationality	136	(2)
The Role of Liberty in the Construction of Rationality	138	(1)
Intellectual Freedom in Secondary Education	139	(3)
Adolescents as Young Adults	142	(1)
Conclusion	143	(2)
References	145	(18)
Author Index	163	(6)
Subject Index	169