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Child psychology -- Philosophy.
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Developmental psychology -- Philosophy.
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Descript |
1 online resource (462 p.) |
Note |
Description based upon print version of record. |
Contents |
Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Part One Preliminary Considerations -- 1 Theories as Windows for Looking to See -- Preview Questions -- Why do we Study Theories? -- Principle 1-Theories Explain What Facts Mean -- Principle 2-Theories Represent Public Knowledge -- Principle 3-Theories Are, in Principle, Testable -- Principle 4-Theories Are Less Complex than People -- Principle 5-Theories Are Generalizable -- What Is a Theory? -- Windows for Looking to See -- Theory Definition -- Structural Components of Developmental Theories -- Assumptions |
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Explaining Human Phenomena -- Internal Principles -- Bridge Principles -- Change Mechanism -- Limitations of Developmental Theories -- Families and Paradigms of Developmental Theories -- Paradigms and Paradigm Cases in Developmental Psychology -- Philosophical Antecedents of Developmental Theories -- The Big Picture: Paradigms in Perspective -- Summary Points -- Suggested Readings -- 2 Evaluating Developmental Theories -- Preview Questions -- Evaluating Theories of Human Development -- Values of Scientific Worthiness -- Testability -- External Validity -- Predictive Validity |
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Internal Consistency -- Theoretical Economy -- Developmental Adequacy -- Temporality -- Cumulativity -- Directionality -- New Mode of Organization -- Increased Capacity for Self-control -- Pedagogical Usefulness -- Interpretability -- Versatility -- Availability -- Guidance -- Important Paradigm Patterns -- Summary Points -- Suggested Readings -- Part Two The Endogenous Paradigm -- 3 Freud and Psychoanalysis -- Preview Questions -- Historical Sketch -- The Search for Neurological Structures -- Psychic Healing -- Freud's Clinical Work -- Structural Components of Psychoanalysis -- Assumptions |
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Problems for Study -- Internal Principles -- Bridge Principles -- Change Mechanism -- Explaining Human Development: The Research -- Disorders and Psychodynamic Treatment -- Personality Types -- The Oedipal Complex -- Dreams -- Looking Ahead -- Contributions and Criticisms of the Theory -- Contributions -- Criticisms -- Evaluation of Psychoanalysis -- Scientific Worthiness -- Developmental Adequacy -- Pedagogical Usefulness -- Summary Points -- Problems and Exercises -- Class Exercises -- Individual Exercises -- Suggested Readings -- More about Freud and His Theory -- Reviews of Research |
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Critical Reviews -- 4 Erikson and Psychosocial Theory -- Preview Questions -- Historical Sketch -- Structural Components of Psychosocial Theory -- Assumptions -- Problems for Study -- Internal Principles -- Bridge Principles -- Change Mechanism -- Explaining Human Development: The Research -- Indirect Research on Infants and Children -- Child Rearing -- Adolescent Identity -- Cultural Context -- Adulthood and Aging -- Contributions and Criticisms of Psychosocial Theory -- Contributions -- Criticisms -- Evaluation of Psychosocial Theory -- Scientific Worthiness -- Developmental Adequacy |
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Pedagogical Usefulness |
Note |
325 annual accesses. UkHlHU |
Alt author |
Piel, John A.
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ISBN |
9781317343196 |
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