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Concepts and theories of human development

Author: Richard M Lerner
Publisher: Mahwah, New Jersey : Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, ©1997.
Edition/Format:   Book : English : 2nd edView all editions and formats
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Lerner, Richard M.
Concepts and theories of human development.
Mahwah, New Jersey : Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, c1997
(OCoLC)647233759
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Richard M Lerner
ISBN: 0805826823 9780805826821
OCLC Number: 37332263
Notes: Includes indexes.
Description: xviii, 522 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents: Human Development: Facts or Theory? --
Students and Basic Courses in Science: Facts Versus Theory --
Philosophy, Theory, and Research --
Textbooks in Human Development --
Developmental Contextualism as an Instance of Developmental Systems Theory --
Defining the Concept of Development --
Historical Roots of Human Development: Concepts and Theories --
The Historical Role of the Nature-Nurture Issue --
Philosophical Roots --
Scientific Roots of Development --
The 1990s Through Today: The Emergence of Developmental Systems --
Philosophical Models of Development --
The Mechanistic-Philosophical Model --
The Organismic Model --
Mechanistic and Organismic Models and Issues of Development --
The Contextual Model --
The Concept of Development in Developmental Contextualism --
Limits and Problems of a Developmental-Contextual Perspective --
Implications of Philosophical Models of Development for Scientific Activity --
The Nature-Nurture Controversy: Implications of the Question How? --
Toward a Resolution of the Nature-Nurture Controversy --
Heredity-Environment Dynamic Interactions --
The Norm of Reaction --
The Continuity-Discontinuity Issue --
Continuity-Discontinuity as a Theoretical Issue --
The Contributions of Heinz Werner --
The Orthogenetic Principle --
The Phylogeny of Learning: Continuity or Discontinuity? --
Ontogenetic Implications of the Continuity-Discontinuity Issue --
The Stability-Instability Issue --
Continuity and Discontinuity in Development: Metatheoretical and Theoretical Proscriptions and Prescriptions.
Responsibility: Richard M. Lerner.

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