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9780340808184

Child Development: Thinking About Theories Texts in Developmental Psychology

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  • ISBN13:

    9780340808184

  • ISBN10:

    0340808187

  • Format: Nonspecific Binding
  • Copyright: 2003-02-28
  • Publisher: Routledge
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Summary

This is one of the few books to critical examine both modern and postmodern contributions to theoretical development in child and adolescent psychology. It has been specially written to take into account the findings from a focus group of honors psychology students in order to include pedagogical features such as an overview of theories linking the various schools of thought, ideas for further study, and links to selected web sites; as well as the latest developments in theoretical thinking.

Author Biography

Phillip Slee is Associate Professor in Human Development in the School of Educator, at Flinders University of South Australia.

Table of Contents

List of figures and tables
vii
Preface ix
Ways of knowing about development
1(25)
From Darwin to DNA: biologically based theories of development
26(19)
A rainbow is more than the sum of its colours: beginnings of organicism
45(15)
The child as philosopher
60(20)
From Oedipus to attachment: the Freudian legacy
80(17)
Mechanism: the whole is equal to the sum of its parts
97(16)
Dialecticism: the child developing in a social world
113(12)
The historic event: contextualism
125(11)
Sociocultural influences on development
136(15)
Listening to different voices: feminism and developmental psychology
151(14)
Putting it all together: towards theoretical integration
165(19)
From theory into practice
184(11)
Appendix 1: Some historical milestones relevant for developmental psychology 195(3)
Appendix 2: Discussion questions, activities and selected websites 198(6)
Glossary 204(4)
References 208(20)
Index 228

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