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| Title: | Developmental Psychology
: 2nd Edition |
| Author: | Dr Jacki Watts, Professor Kate Cockcroft & Professor Norman Duncan (eds) |
| ISBN: | 1919895159 : 9781919895154 |
| Illustrations: | b/w photos |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Size: | 170x245mm |
| Pages: | 686 |
| Weight: | 1.158 Kg. |
| Published: | Juta Publishing (UCT Press) - August 2009 |
| List Price: | 44.99 Pounds Sterling |
| Availability: | In Print |
| Subjects: | Child & developmental psychology |
This Second Edition provides a theory-driven approach to understanding human development from two perspectives -- the psychoanalytic and the cognitive. These two perspectives, which form the first sections of the book, complement one another. The third section of the book brings together thoughts on the South African context and the impact it has on development. The book is a broad and integrated introduction to the subject for undergraduates, postgraduates and health professionals.
Basic concepts & principles in developmental psychology; An introduction to psychoanalytic thought; Freud's psychoanalytic theory of development & personality; Klein's object relations theory of development & personality; Fairbairn’s contributions to Object relations theory; Wilfred Bion: Thinking, feeling & the search for truth; Kernberg’s theory of normal & pathological development; Heinz Kohut: self psychology; Attachment theory; Jung's analytic theory of the development of personality; Lacan's mirror stage; Erikson’s psychosocial stages of development; Introduction to cognitive development; Piaget’s constructivist theory of cognitive development; Intellectual development; Memory development; Language development; Kohlberg’s theory of moral reasoning; Evolutionary development; Contributions of cognitive science approaches to cognitive developmental psychology; Vygotsky's theory of the development of cultural tools; Developmental psychology: critiques & contextual considerations; Bronfenbrenner's ecological theory of development; Violent crime & human development in South Africa; The effects of trauma on child development: children in South Africa; Critical issues in developmental psychology; Race, culture, & psychological theory; Gender identity formation; Theory & South African developmental psychology.
