Handbook of Child Psychology, 5th Edition, Volume 1, Theoretical Models of Human Development, 5th Edition

by Editor-in-Chief: William Damon; Editor: Richard M. Lerner

• ISBN13: 9780471055273
• ISBN10: 0471055271
• Edition: 5th
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1997-10-01
• Publisher: Wiley

Summary

This four-volume handbook is the definitive reference in the field of child development. It serves as a sourcebook, encyclopedia, and research review.

Table of Contents

Foreword	ix
Paul Mussen
Preface to The Handbook of Child Psychology, Fifth Edition	xi
William Damon
Acknowledgments	xix
Theories of Human Development: Contemporary Perspectives	1	(24)
Richard M. Lerner
The Making of Developmental Psychology	25	(82)
Robert B. Cairns
Developmental Psychology: Philosophy, Concepts, and Methodology	107	(82)
Willis F. Overton
The Development of the Concept of Development: Historical and Epistemological Perspectives	189	(44)
Jaan Valsiner
The Significance of Biology For Human Development: A Developmental Psychobiological Systems View	233	(42)
Gilbert Gottlieb
Douglas Wahlsten
Robert Lickliter
Nativism, Empiricism, and the Development of Knowledge	275	(66)
Elizabeth S. Spelke
Elissa L. Newport
Cognitive Science and the Origins of Thought and Knowledge	341	(74)
Frank C. Keil
Extraordinary Cognitive Achievements (ECA): A Symbol Systems Approach	415	(52)
Howard E. Gardner
Dynamic Development of Psychological Structures in Action and Thought	467	(96)
Kurt W. Fischer
Thomas R. Bidell
Dynamic Systems Theories	563	(72)
Esther Thelen
Linda B. Smith
The Development of the Person: An Experiential Perspective on the Ontogenesis of Psychological Complexity	635	(50)
Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
Kevin Rathunde
Person-Context Interaction Theories	685	(76)
David Magnusson
Hakan Stattin
Developmental Analysis: A Holistic, Developmental, Systems-Oriented Perspective	761	(46)
Seymour Wapner
Jack Demick
Action Perspectives on Human Development	807	(58)
Jochen Brandtstadter
The Cultural Psychology of Development: One Mind, Many Mentalities	865	(74)
Richard A. Shweder
Jacqueline Goodnow
Giyoo Hatano
Robert A. LeVine
Hazel Markus
Peggy Miller
The Life Course and Human Development	939	(54)
Glen H. Elder, Jr.
The Ecology of Developmental Processes	993	(36)
Urie Bronfenbrenner
Pamela A. Morris
Life-Span Theory in Developmental Psychology	1029	(116)
Paul B. Baltes
Ulman Lindenberger
Ursula M. Staudinger
The Study of African American and Latin American Children and Youth	1145	(64)
Celia B. Fisher
Jacquelyne Faye Jackson
Francisco A. Villarruel
Author Index	1209	(38)
Subject Index	1247