The concept of development : an issue in the study of human behavior / edited by Dale B. Harris.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Harris, Dale B.

Contributor:

University of Minnesota. Institute of Child Development and Welfare.

Series:

Minnesota paperbacks ; 7.

Minnesota paperbacks ; 7

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Developmental psychology.

Human growth.

Human behavior.

Physical Description:

x, 287 pages : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, c1957 (1967 printing)

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The Concept of Development was first published in 1967. In the various disciplines which make up the behavioral sciences, the concept of development plays a useful and significant role. The need has existed, however, for more unity of thought regarding the meaning of the concept, and this volume represents a long step ahead toward that goal. The book contains a series of 17 papers by as many contributors from the fields of psychology, philosophy, the natural sciences, medical science, social science, and the humanities. The chapters are arranged in five sections: Issues in the Study of Development, Biology and Growth, The Development of Human Behavior, The Concept of Development in the Humanities and Social Sciences, and Social Applications of the Developmental Concept. The contributors are Dale B. Harris, Ernest Nagel, John E. Anderson, Viktor Hamburger, J. P. Scott, T. C. Schneirla, Howard V. Meredith, Heinz Werner, Robert R. Sears, Wallace A. Russell, Norman J. DeWitt, Herbert Heaton, Robert F. Spencer, John A. Anderson, M.D., Hyman S. Lippman, M.D., John C. Kidneigh, and Willard C. Olson. The book is especially appropriate for text use or collateral reading in courses in psychology, education, sociology, or child development.

Contents:

Intro

Table of Contents

Foreword

ISSUES IN THE STUDY OF DEVELOPMENT

Problems in Formulating a Scientific Concept of Development

Determinism and Development

Dynamics of Development: Systems in Process

BIOLOGY AND GROWTH

The Concept of "Development" in Biology

The Genetic and Environmental Differentiation of Behavior

The Concept of Development in Comparative Psychology

A Descriptive Concept of Physical Development

THE DEVELOPMENT OF HUMAN BEHAVIOR

The Concept of Development from a Comparative and Organismic Point of View

Identification as a Form of Behavioral Development

An Experimental Psychology of Development: Pipe Dream or Possibility?

THE CONCEPT OF DEVELOPMENT IN THE HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES

Organism and Humanism: An Empirical View

Clio Puts the Question

Evolution and Development: A View of Anthropology

SOCIAL APPLICATIONS OF THE DEVELOPMENTAL CONCEPT

Significance of Growth and Development to the Practicing Physician

The Relation between Early Childhood Development and Psychopathology

The Concept of Development Which Underlies the Social Work Helping Process

Developmental Theory in Education

Index

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K

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M

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Notes:

Papers presented at a conference held at the University of Minnesota, Dec. 8-10, 1955, to recognize the Institute of Child Welfare's productive work of three decades.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-8166-0447-9

OCLC:

233574395