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Recent Theories of Human Development
About this book
Intended as supplemental reading in courses on theories of development, this book augments traditional core texts by providing students with more depth on about two dozen recent and emerging theories that have appeared over the course of the past 20 years. This period has seen a decline of the traditional "grand" theories that attempt to apply to all people all the time in favor of "micro theories" that focus more on individual differences, so a book like this actually points the way toward the future rather than dryly reviewing the past. In addition, the author inspects the changing ways in which the concept of "theory" itself has been interpreted during this period, and he concludes with a chapter suggesting future directions.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Contents
- List of Figures
- Preface
- Chapter 1 - Theory Trends
- Ancestral Trails
- Forces of Change
- The Book's Structure and Contents
- Part I - Extensions of Tradition
- Evolving Concepts of Theory
- The Theories in Part I
- Chapter 2 - Psychobiology, Sociobiology
- A Background of Neo-Darwinism
- An Evolutionary-Psychology View of Birth Order
- Innate Emotions: Pride and Shame
- Evolutionary Roots of Inhibition
- Gene-Culture Coevolution
- Remaining Challenges
- Chapter 3 - Connectionism and Dynamic Systems
- Characteristics of Mind
- Brain Structure and Operation
- Classical Cognitive Science
- Dynamic Systems and Connectionism
- Mind/Brain Development
- Remaining Challenges
- Chapter 4 - Environmental/Ecological Theories
- Activity and Spatial Cognition
- Making Sense of Immediate Environments
- The Influence of Macro-Environments
- Matching Persons and Environments
- Remaining Challenges
- Chapter 5 - Beyond Piaget
- An Elaborated Set of Cognitive-Development Stages
- Socially Constructed Emotions
- Children as Mindreaders
- Remaining Challenges
- Chapter 6 - Beyond Vygotsky
- A Cultural-Historical Perspective
- Microgenetic Data-Gathering Methods
- Perception: Holistic Versus Analytic
- Remaining Challenges
- Chapter 7 - Models of Interaction
- Individuals Developing Within Family Systems
- A Relational Theory of Emotional Development
- Selectivity in Development
- The Interaction Between Collaboration and Expertise
- Remaining Challenges
- Chapter 8 - A Potpourri of Theories
- Determinism, Indeterminism, Chaos, and Complexity
- How Event Knowledge is Generated
- Stages in the Development of Friendship
- Lifespan Personality Development
- Physical Play's Contributions to Development
- Remaining Challenges
- Part II - Products of Social Movements
- Postcolonialism
- Theories' Philosophical and Social Climates
- The Contents of Part II
- Chapter 9 - Growing Up in Poverty
- A Macro-Micro Model for Studying Poverty Children
- Financial Support and Children's Well-Being
- A Theory of the Strain of Living Poor
- Remaining Challenges
- Chapter 10 - Ethnic Minorities
- A Scheme for the Study of Minorities' Competencies
- Racial Identity
- Remaining Challenges
- Chapter 11 - Feminist Perspectives
- Recent Theories of Feminist Thought
- Five Theories in Some Detail
- Six Theories in Brief
- Remaining Challenges
- Chapter 12 - Sexual Orientations
- Recent Theories
- A Gay Gene?
- Updated Psychoanalysis
- Homosexual Identity Formation
- Constructing a Bisexual Identity
- Remaining Challenges
- Part III - Final Observations
- Chapter 13 - Retrospect and Prospect
- Looking Back
- Looking Ahead
- References
- Name Index
- Subject Index
- About the Author