Theories of development : concepts and applications / William Crain.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Crain, William C., 1943-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Developmental psychology--Textbooks.

Developmental psychology.

Genre:

Textbooks.

Physical Description:

xiv, 432 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Edition:

Sixth edition.

Place of Publication:

Boston, MA : Prentice Hall, [2011]

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

9780205810468

0205810462

9780205829385

0205829384

OCLC:

634742064