Product Description
Developmental Psychology (2nd edition)
Authors: J Watts, K Cockcroft, N Duncan
Format: Physical Hardcopy
Developmental Psychology, second edition, provides a theory-driven approach to understanding development from two perspectives – psychoanalytic and cognitive. These two perspectives complement one another: a psychoanalytic focus is based on understandings of how the mind affects the development of personality, while a cognitive focus offers insight into the development of the mind.
The third section of this book brings together thoughts on the South African context and how it impacts upon development. Developmental Psychology is a broad and integrative introduction to developmental psychology for undergraduates, postgraduates and health professionals.
Contents:
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Introduction
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1 Basic concepts and principles in developmental psychology - Derek Hook / Kate Cockcroft
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SECTION ONE: Psychoanalytic approaches to development and personality
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2 A basic introduction to psychoanalytic thought - Jacki Watts
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3 Freud's psychoanalytic theory of development and personality - Jacki Watts / Derek Hook
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4 Klein's object relations theory of development and personality - Jacki Watts
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5 Fairbairn’s contributions to object relations theory - Cora Smith
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6 Wilfred Bion: Thinking, feeling and the search for truth - Gavin Ivey
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7 Donald Winnicott - Jacki Watts
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8 Kernberg’s theory of normal and pathological development - Carol Long
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9 Heinz Kohut: Self psychology - Sally Swartz
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10 Attachment theory - Lee Senior
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11 Jung's analytic theory of the development of personality - Jacki Watts
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12 Lacan's mirror stage - Derek Hook
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13 Erikson’s psychosocial stages of development - Derek Hook
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SECTION TWO: Cognitive development
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This section has been totally revamped to include chapters on each aspect of cognitive functioning
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14 Introduction to cognitive development - Kate Cockcroft
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15 Piaget’s constructivist theory of cognitive development - Kate Cockcroft
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16 Intellectual development - Kate Cockcroft / Nicky Israel
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17 Memory development - Kate Cockcroft
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18 Language development - Kate Cockcroft
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19 Kohlberg’s theory of moral reasoning - James Grant
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20 Evolutionary development - Michael Greyling
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21 Contributions of cognitive science approaches to cognitive developmental psychology - Kevin G F Thomas / Susan Malcolm-Smith / Marianne Ball / Michelle Robberts
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22 Vygotsky’s theory of the development of cultural tools - Gillian Mooney
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SECTION THREE: Psychosocial and socio-political contexts of development
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23 Developmental psychology: Critiques and contextual considerations - Norman Duncan
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24 Bronfenbrenner's ecological theory of development - Derek Hook
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25 Violent crime and human development in South Africa - Garth Stevens
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26 The effects of trauma on child development: Children in South Africa - Patrick Connolly / Gill Eagle
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27 Critical issues in developmental psychology - Derek Hook / Norman Duncan
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28 Race, culture and psychological theory - Mambwe Kasese-Hara
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29 Gender identity: Contestations and questions - Gillian Mooney / Peace Kiguwa
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30 Theory and South African developmental psychology research and literature - Catriona Macleod
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