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9780230249028

A Critical Approach to Human Growth and Development

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  • ISBN13:

    9780230249028

  • ISBN10:

    0230249027

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2014-05-09
  • Publisher: Red Globe Pr
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Summary

What does it mean to be human? This critical text from a well-respected author captures and interrogates the many models which have been developed to explore and explain human behaviour. Informed by sociological, psychological and biological perspectives, the book plots the key stages of the life course from childhood through to older age.

Author Biography

PAULA NICOLSON is Professor of Critical Social and Health Psychology in the Department of Health and Social Care at Royal Holloway, University of London, UK, where she was Head of Department between 2005 and 2008. A qualified social worker, she has worked in mental health and child care settings and taught psychology to social workers for many years. She has published widely on the topics of social work and psychology.

Table of Contents

Introduction PART I: THEORIES OF HUMAN GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT'Nature' versus 'Nurture': A matter of choice?The Life Span: Interdisciplinary and Critical Perspectives Attachment, Separation and Loss: Themes in human growth and development From Theory to Reflective-Relational Practice PART II: A MATERIAL-DISCURSIVE-INTRA-PSYCHIC APPROACHInfancy and Early Childhood Older Childhood Adolescence Young Adulthood Mid-Life Older Age Afterword

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