Exploring Developmental Theories: Toward A Structural/Behavioral Model of Development

by Horowitz; Frances Degen

• ISBN13: 9780898599374
• ISBN10: 0898599377
• eBook ISBN(s): 9781317766728
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1987-05-01
• Publisher: Psychology Pres
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Summary

Through the evaluation and integration of developmental theories, this volume proposes a new structural/behavioral model of development. Dr. Horowitz's model helps account for both the behavioral development of children (with extensions across the life-span) and for the universal and non-universal characteristics in human behavioral development. Exploring Developmental Theoriesalso sheds a new and different light on the nature- nurture or heredity-environment controversy and on the topic of continuity and discontinuity in development. Exploring Developmental Theories: *examines the concepts of stage, structure, and systems; organismic theory; and general system theory; *analyzes open and closed systems as well as organismic and mechanistic world views; *integrates the concepts associated with organismic and mechanist world views; *examines learning mechanisms and processes that foster the acquisition of behavior, and *discusses the strengths and weaknesses of Gessel, Piaget, and behaviorism in accounting for behavioral development.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. xi
Overture	p. 1
References	p. 25
Organismic Theory: Stage Structure, and System	p. 29
References	p. 59
Behaviorism: Processes of Acquisition and Organization of Mechanisms	p. 62
References	p. 91
Environment and Development	p. 96
References	p. 133
Synthesis A Structural/Behavioral Model of Development	p. 137
References	p. 176
Using the Model for Developmental Research	p. 179
References	p. 199
Author Index	p. 203
Subject Index	p. 209
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