Author : James Mourilyan Tanner
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 514 pages
File Size : 48,38 MB
Release : 1981-08-13
Category : Science
ISBN : 0521224888
Tracing the history of studies of the physical growth of children from the time of the Ancient Greeks onwards.
Author : Barry Bogin
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 476 pages
File Size : 41,7 MB
Release : 1999-05-06
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780521564380
A revised edition of an established text on human growth and development from an anthropological and evolutionary perspective.
Author : Noel Cameron
Publisher : Academic Press
Page : 625 pages
File Size : 19,66 MB
Release : 2012-06-08
Category : Medical
ISBN : 0123838827
Offering a study of biological, biomedical and biocultural approaches, this book is suitable for researchers, professors and graduate students across the interdisciplinary area of human development. It is presented in the form of lectures to facilitate student programming.
Author : Michael Hermanussen
Publisher :
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 45,99 MB
Release : 2013
Category : Child development
ISBN : 9783510652785
Author : Phyllis B. Eveleth
Publisher : CUP Archive
Page : 520 pages
File Size : 46,16 MB
Release : 1976-12-30
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 9780521208062
Author : Neil J. Salkind
Publisher : SAGE Publications
Page : 1617 pages
File Size : 19,26 MB
Release : 2005-10-14
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 1452265399
The field of human development focuses on the growth and development of the human being including physical, social, psychological, and emotional development. Under the broad umbrella of the term human development you find countless topics that range from charting the emotional attachment of an infant to his or her parents and its long-term effects on well-being, media violence and adolescents′ behavior, or factors moderating the natural decline in physical and mental abilities associated with aging. The Encyclopedia of Human Development is the first comprehensive, authoritative, and informative reference work that presents state-of-the-art research and ready-to-use facts from the fields of psychology, individual and family studies, and education in a way that is not too technical. With more than 600 entries, this three-volume Encyclopedia covers topics as diverse as adolescence, cognitive development, education, family, gender differences, identity, longitudinal research, personality development, prenatal development, temperament, and more. Key Features Provides cross-disciplinary coverage, with contributions from experts in the fields of psychology, education, human development and family studies, and gerontology Highlights classic studies and theories and provides brief biographies of notable researchers and theorists Takes a lifespan approach by including several "anchor essays" that cover specific phases of development such as prenatal, infancy, childhood, adolescence, early and middle adulthood, later adulthood and aging Begins with an Introduction that details the scope, rationale, and audience for the work The cross-disciplinary field of human development is one that captures interest among and holds practical relevance for the general public as well as academia, therefore this engaging Encyclopedia will be a welcome addition to any academic or public library.
Author : Alastair Gibson
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 22,63 MB
Release : 2015-10-26
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1473944031
Understanding the way in which individuals develop before birth, as babies, children and adolescents through to young and older adulthood towards death is an important part of any social work role. Being able to skilfully apply this understanding in real life practice situations is even more important, as purposeful translations of human development are at the heart of effective professional practice. Introducing students to emotional, psychological and social developmental theories of human growth before exploring in detail how these theories can be incorporated into practice, this book will ensure students have all the tools they need to not only understand but critically appraise and apply psychosocial theories early on in training and whilst on placement. With the help of real world case studies, summaries and tips for further study, it will show students how life course theories inter-relate and how they can make appropriate, purposeful translations of theory into skilled, professional practice.
Author : Urie BRONFENBRENNER
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 349 pages
File Size : 16,68 MB
Release : 2009-06-30
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 0674028848
Here is a book that challenges the very basis of the way psychologists have studied child development. According to Urie Bronfenbrenner, one of the world's foremost developmental psychologists, laboratory studies of the child's behavior sacrifice too much in order to gain experimental control and analytic rigor. Laboratory observations, he argues, too often lead to "the science of the strange behavior of children in strange situations with strange adults for the briefest possible periods of time." To understand the way children actually develop, Bronfenbrenner believes that it will be necessary to observe their behavior in natural settings, while they are interacting with familiar adults over prolonged periods of time. This book offers an important blueprint for constructing such a new and ecologically valid psychology of development. The blueprint includes a complete conceptual framework for analysing the layers of the environment that have a formative influence on the child. This framework is applied to a variety of settings in which children commonly develop, ranging from the pediatric ward to daycare, school, and various family configurations. The result is a rich set of hypotheses about the developmental consequences of various types of environments. Where current research bears on these hypotheses, Bronfenbrenner marshals the data to show how an ecological theory can be tested. Where no relevant data exist, he suggests new and interesting ecological experiments that might be undertaken to resolve current unknowns. Bronfenbrenner's groundbreaking program for reform in developmental psychology is certain to be controversial. His argument flies in the face of standard psychological procedures and challenges psychology to become more relevant to the ways in which children actually develop. It is a challenge psychology can ill-afford to ignore.
Author : Chris Beckett
Publisher : SAGE Publications
Page : 233 pages
File Size : 11,21 MB
Release : 2010-03-03
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1847871798
This Second Edition is a bestselling introduction to emotional, psychological, intellectual and social development throughout the lifespan. Written for students training in fields such as social work, healthcare and education, the book covers topics which are central to understanding people whether they are clients, service users, patients, or pupils. For this Second Edition, a new chapter has been added (Chapter 10: It Takes a Village: the Sociological Perspective) exploring the wider social factors which influence human growth and development. Activities are provided within each chapter to help student test theoretical concepts against their own experience and intuitions.
Author : Karen Horney
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 23,16 MB
Release : 2013-09-13
Category : Medical
ISBN : 1136341293
In Neurosis and Human Growth, Dr. Horney discusses the neurotic process as a special form of the human development, the antithesis of healthy growth. She unfolds the different stages of this situation, describing neurotic claims, the tyranny or inner dictates and the neurotic's solutions for relieving the tensions of conflict in such emotional attitudes as domination, self-effacement, dependency, or resignation. Throughout, she outlines with penetrating insight the forces that work for and against the person's realization of his or her potentialities. First Published in 1950. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
