Theories of development : concepts and applications /

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Main Author: Crain, William C., 1943-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Boston, MA : Prentice Hall, 2011.
Edition:6th ed.
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Table of Contents:
  • Early theories : preformationism, Locke, and Rousseau
  • Gesell's maturational theory
  • Ethological theories : Darwin, Lorenz and Tinbergen, and Bowlby and Ainsworth
  • Montessori's educational philosophy
  • Werner's organismic and comparative theory
  • Piaget's cognitive-developmental theory
  • Kohlberg's stages of moral development
  • Learning theory : Pavlov, Watson, and Skinner
  • Bandura's social learning theory
  • Vygotsky's social-historical theory of cognitive development
  • Freud's psychoanalytic theory
  • Erikson and the eight stages of life
  • Mahler's separation/individuation theory
  • A case study in psychoanalytic treatment : Bettelheim on autism
  • Schachtel on childhood experiences
  • Jung's theory of adulthood
  • Chomsky's theory of language development
  • Conclusion : humanistic psychology and developmental theory.