Norms in human development /

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Imprint:Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2006.
Description:1 online resource (x, 293 pages) : illustrations
Language:English
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11812605
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Other authors / contributors:Smith, Leslie, 1943-
VoneĢ€che, J. Jacques.
ISBN:9780511489778
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Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-281) and index.
English.
Print version record.
Summary:The distinction between norms and facts is long-standing in providing a challenge for psychology. This text considers conventional 20th century approaches to psychology, arguing that human development is a norm-laden process.
Other form:Print version: Norms in human development. Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2006 0521857945 9780521857949
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Norms in human development: introduction
  • Part I. Norms and development in epistemology
  • 2. The implicit normativity of developmental psychology
  • 3. Developmental normativity and normative development
  • 4. Genetic epistemology: naturalistic epistemology vs normative epistemology
  • 5. Norms and normative facts in human development
  • Part II. Norms in moral and social development
  • 6. Contextualising moral judgement
  • 7. The development of obligations and responsibilities in cultural context
  • 8. The multiplicity of social norms: the case for psychological constructivism and social epistemologies
  • Part III. Norms in cognitive development
  • 9. Can psychology be a quantitative science, or is Kant right after all? Normative issues in psychometrics
  • 10. Norms and intuitions in the assessment of chance
  • 11. Making conditional inferences: the interplay between knowledge and logic
  • References
  • Index