Theories of Development : Concepts and Applications

ISBN : 9781138683143

Author : William Crain

Publisher : Routledge

Year : 2024

Language : English

Type : Book

Description : Introduction. Chapter 1. Early theories: Preformationism, Locke, and Rousseau. Chapter 2. Gesell’s Maturational Theory. Chapter 3. Ethological Theories: Darwin, Lorenz and Tinbergen, and Bowlby and Ainsworth. Chapter 4. Montessori’s Educational Philosophy. Chapter 5. Werner’s Organismic and Comparative Theory. Chapter 6. Piaget’s Cognitive-Developmental Theory. Chapter 7. Kohlberg’s Stages of Moral Development. Chapter 8. Learning Theory: Pavlov, Watson, and Skinner. Chapter 9. Bandura’s Social Learning Theory. Chapter 10. Vygotsky’s Social-History Theory of Cognitive Development. Chapter 11. Freud’s Psychoanalytic Theory. Chapter 12. Erikson and the Eight Stages of Life. Chapter 13. Mahler’s Separation/Individuation Theory. Chapter 14. Contrasting Approaches to Autism. Chapter 15. Schachtel on Childhood Experiences. Chapter 16. Jung’s Theory of Adulthood. Chapter 17. Chomsky’s Theory of Language Development. Chapter 18. Conclusion: Humanistic Psychology and Developmental Theory. Epilogue. A Developmental Perspective on the Standards Movement.

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