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Theories of developmental psychology / Patricia H. Miller.

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Main Author: Miller, Patricia H. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Worth, [2011]
Edition:Fifth edition.
Subjects:
Developmental psychology > Philosophy
Child psychology > Philosophy
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • 1. Introduction
  • What Is a Theory?
  • What Is a Developmental Theory?
  • Of What Value Is a Developmental Theory?
  • Organizing Information / Guiding Research
  • What Main Issues of Developmental Psychology Do Theories Address?
  • What Is the Basic Nature of Humans? / Is Development Qualitative or Quantitative? / How Do Nature and Nurture Contribute to Development? / What Is It That Develops?
  • Summary
  • Organization of This Book
  • Suggested Readings
  • 2. Piaget's Cognitive-Stage Theory and the Neo-Piagetians
  • Biographical Sketch
  • General Orientation to the Theory
  • Genetic Epistemology / Biological Approach / Structuralism / Stage Approach / Methodology
  • Description of the Stages
  • Sensorimotor Period / Preoperational Period / Concrete Operational Period / Formal Operational Period /An Overview
  • Memory
  • Mechanisms of Development
  • Cognitive Organization / Cognitive Adaptation / Cognitive
  • Equilibration / Section Overview
  • Position on Developmental Issues
  • Human Nature / Qualitative Versus Quantitative Development /
  • Nature Versus Nurture / What Develops
  • Applications
  • Evaluation of the Theory
  • Strengths / Weaknesses
  • Piaget's Own Modifications of His Theory
  • The Neo-Piagetians
  • Robbie Case / Kurt Fischer / Neo-Piagetian Themes
  • Contemporary Research
  • Infants' Advanced Competencies /Domain-Specific Concepts /Mechanisms of Development /Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Summary
  • Suggested Readings
  • 3. Freud's and Erikson's Psychoanalytic Theories
  • Freud
  • Biographical Sketch
  • General Orientation to the Theory
  • Dynamic Approach / Structural Approach / Topographic Approach / Stage Approach / Normal - Abnormal Continuum / Methodology
  • Description of the Stages
  • Oral Stage / Anal Stage / Phallic Stage / Period of Latency / Genital Stage / Case Study of “Little Hans”
  • Mechanisms of Development
  • Position on Developmental Issues
  • Human Nature / Qualitative Versus Quantitative Development / Nature Versus Nurture / What Develops
  • Applications
  • Evaluation of the Theory
  • Strengths / Weaknesses
  • Contemporary Research
  • Erikson
  • Biographical Sketch
  • General Orientation to the Theory
  • Psychosocial Stages / Emphasis on Identity / Expansion of Psychoanalytic Methodology
  • Description of the Stages
  • Stage 1: Basic Trust Versus Basic Mistrust /
  • Stage 2: Autonomy Versus Shame and Doubt /
  • Stage 3: Initiative Versus Guilt /
  • Stage 4: Industry Versus Inferiority /
  • Stage 5: Identity and Repudiation Versus Identity Diffusion /
  • Stage 6: Intimacy and Solidarity Versus Isolation /
  • Stage 7: Generativity Versus Stagnation and Self-Absorption /
  • Stage 8: Integrity Versus Despair
  • Mechanisms of Development
  • Position on Developmental Issues
  • Applications
  • Evaluation of the Theory
  • Strengths / Weaknesses
  • Contemporary Research
  • Summary
  • Suggested Readings
  • 4. Vygotsky and the Sociocultural Approach
  • Biographical Sketch
  • General Orientation to the Theory
  • Child-in-Activity-in-Cultural-Context Is the Unit of Study / Zone of Proximal Development / The Sociocultural Origins of Individual Mental Functioning / Tools Provided by a Culture Mediate Intellectual Functioning / Methodology
  • Examples of Vygotskian and Other Sociocultural Research
  • Private Speech and Inner Speech / Development of Concepts
  • Mechanisms of Development
  • Position on Developmental Issues
  • Human Nature / Qualitative Versus Quantitative Development / Nature Versus Nurture / What Develops
  • Applications
  • Evaluation of the Theory
  • Strengths /Weaknesses
  • A Related Approach: Developing Person in Context
  • Contemporary Research
  • Collaborative Problem Solving / Research Across Cultures / Development Through Narratives and Conversations / Concluding Comment about Contemporary Vygotskian-Sociocultural Research
  • Summary
  • Suggested Readings
  • 5. Social Learning Theory
  • History of the Theory
  • Learning Theory / Social Learning Theory
  • General Orientation to the Theory
  • Observational Learning / Causal Model Includes Environment - Person - Behavior System / Cognitive Contributions to Learning / Self-Efficacy and Agency
  • Examples of Developmental Research: Moral Judgments and Gender Roles
  • Moral Judgments and Behavior / Gender-Role Development
  • Mechanisms of Development
  • Position on Developmental Issues
  • Human Nature / Qualitative Versus Quantitative Development /Nature Versus Nurture / What Develops
  • Applications
  • Evaluation of the Theory
  • Strengths / Weaknesses
  • Contemporary Research
  • Summary
  • Suggested Readings
  • 6. Information-Processing Theory
  • History of the Theory
  • General Orientation to the Theory
  • Humans as Information-Processing Systems / Development as Self-Modification / Task Analysis / Methodology
  • Major Developmental Approaches
  • Memory / Strategies: Acquisition, Variability, and Choice / Rules for Problem Solving / Production and Connectionist Simulations of Problem Solving and Learning / Intelligence
  • Mechanisms of Development
  • Position on Developmental Issues
  • Human Nature / Qualitative Versus Quantitative Development / Nature Versus Nurture / What Develops
  • Applications
  • Evaluation of the Theory
  • Strengths / Weaknesses
  • Contemporary Research
  • Summary
  • Suggested Readings
  • 7. Ethology and Other Evolutionary Theories
  • History of the Theory
  • General Orientation to the Theory
  • Species-Specific Innate Behavior / Evolutionary Perspective / Learning Predispositions / Methodology
  • Contributions to Human Developmental Psychology
  • Infant - Caretaker Attachment / Peer Interaction / Problem Solving
  • Mechanisms of Development
  • Position on Developmental Issues
  • Human Nature / Qualitative Versus Quantitative Development /
  • Nature Versus Nurture / What Develops
  • Applications
  • Evaluation of the Theory
  • Strengths / Weaknesses
  • Contemporary Research
  • Summary
  • Suggested Readings
  • 8. Gibson's Ecological Theory of Perceptual Development
  • Biographical Sketch
  • General Orientation to the Theory
  • Ecological Approach: Affordances / Information Is Specified in Stimulation / Humans as Active Perceivers / Methodology
  • Developmental Trends
  • Increasing Specificity and Economy in the Perception of Affordances / Optimization of Attention
  • What Infants Learn About
  • Communication / Interaction with Objects / Locomotion in the Spatial Layout
  • Mechanisms of Development
  • Position on Developmental Issues
  • Human Nature / Qualitative Versus Quantitative Development /
  • Nature Versus Nurture / What Develops
  • Applications
  • Evaluation of the Theory
  • Strengths / Weaknesses
  • Contemporary Research
  • Summary
  • Suggested Readings
  • 9. Contemporary Minitheories and Emerging Approaches
  • The Theory Theory
  • Modularity Nativism
  • Dynamic-Systems Theory
  • Critical Psychology: Are Theories of Development Gendered?
  • Position on Developmental Issues
  • Summary
  • Suggested Readings
  • 10. Reflections
  • Developmental Issues Revisited
  • Human Nature / Qualitative Versus Quantitative Development / Nature Versus Nurture / What Develops
  • A Need for Better Theoretical Accounts of Mechanisms of Development
  • Historical Progress of Developmental Theories
  • The Future of Developmental Theories
  • Conclusions.
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