Developmental psychology : how nature and nurture interact /
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| Author / Creator: | Richardson, Keith, 1943- |
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| Imprint: | Mahwah, N.J. : L. Erlbaum, 2000. |
| Description: | 1 online resource (xv, 249 pages) : illustrations |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | E-Resource Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11135746 |
| Summary: | This clear and authoritative text provides a trenchant critique of dichotomous thinking and goes on to describe and exemplify an alternative view of development, showing the power of ecological and dynamic systems perspectives. Thematic chapters identify the classic assumptions of the nature-nurture debate and present the reader with new ways of thinking about these issues. The book begins with material that may be familiar to students, then leads them into areas of thought which may be less familiar but which are important and significant aspects of current research and debate in the field. The author shows how an alternative, ecological systems perspective can be used to form more coherent critiques of major theorists like Skinner, Piaget, Vygotsky, and Gibson.<br> |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xv, 249 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-242) and index. |
| ISBN: | 1410612287 9781410612281 9780805836240 0805836241 9780805836257 080583625X 9781135656973 1135656975 9781135656928 1135656924 9781135656966 1135656967 1282596349 9781282596344 9786612596346 6612596341 |