Humanizing Child Developmental Theory: A Holistic Approach - Couverture souple

DeRobertis, Eugene M.

 
9780595449248: Humanizing Child Developmental Theory: A Holistic Approach
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ISBN 10 : 0595449247 ISBN 13 : 9780595449248
Editeur : iUniverse, 2008

Synopsis

According to many introductory psychology textbooks, Westerners areplacing an increasingly high value on the welfare of their children. Thishumanistic cultural shift has not found its way into developmentalpsychology courses at the college level, leaving a vital gap incurriculum at many universities. Until now.From a fresh, holistic perspective, psychology professor Eugene M.DeRobertis applies humanistic viewpoints in psychology to the studyof child development. Unlike most child development texts thatconcentrate on the subdivisions of the child's personality, theobservations and discussions here focus on the child as a whole.Drawing upon many schools of thought including Americanhumanism, existential-phenomenology, psychoanalysis, neo-analytictheories, object-relations theory, self-psychology, and Gestaltpsychology, Dr. DeRobertis opens an important dialogue to allteachers and students of psychology.Packed with illustrations, empirical findings, references, and key termsand concepts, Humanizing Child Developmental Theory delivers anoverarching theoretical framework for putting developmental issuesinto context. A significant and accessible contribution to developmentaltheorizing, this groundbreaking text gives psychology instructors andtheir students a relevant and much-needed humanistic approach tochild development.

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According to many introductory psychology textbooks, Westerners areplacing an increasingly high value on the welfare of their children. Thishumanistic cultural shift has not found its way into developmentalpsychology courses at the college level, leaving a vital gap incurriculum at many universities. Until now.From a fresh, holistic perspective, psychology professor Eugene M.DeRobertis applies humanistic viewpoints in psychology to the studyof child development. Unlike most child development texts thatconcentrate on the subdivisions of the child's personality, theobservations and discussions here focus on the child as a whole.Drawing upon many schools of thought including Americanhumanism, existential-phenomenology, psychoanalysis, neo-analytictheories, object-relations theory, self-psychology, and Gestaltpsychology, Dr. DeRobertis opens an important dialogue to allteachers and students of psychology.Packed with illustrations, empirical findings, references, and key termsand concepts, Humanizing Child Developmental Theory delivers anoverarching theoretical framework for putting developmental issuesinto context. A significant and accessible contribution to developmentaltheorizing, this groundbreaking text gives psychology instructors andtheir students a relevant and much-needed humanistic approach tochild development.

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Éditeur
iUniverse
Date d'édition
2008
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0595449247
ISBN 13 
9780595449248
Reliure
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Nombre de pages
264
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