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A Critical Approach to Human Growth and Development (ePub eBook)

eBook by Nicolson, Paula

A Critical Approach to Human Growth and Development (ePub eBook)

£31.49

ISBN:
9781350312913
Publication Date:
25 Apr 2014
Publisher:
Bloomsbury Publishing
Imprint:
Bloomsbury Academic
Pages:
304 pages
Format:
eBook
For delivery:
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A Critical Approach to Human Growth and Development (ePub eBook)

Description

What does it mean to be human? This critical text from a well-respected author captures and interrogates the many models which have been developed to explore and explain human behaviour. Informed by sociological, psychological and biological perspectives, the book plots the key stages of the life course from childhood through to older age.

Contents

Introduction PART I: THEORIES OF HUMAN GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT 1. 'Nature' versus 'Nurture': A Matter of Choice? 2. The Life Span: Interdisciplinary and Critical Perspectives 3. Attachment, Separation and Loss: Themes in human growth and development 4. From Theory to Reflective-Relational Practice PART II: A MATERIAL-DISCURSIVE-INTRA-PSYCHIC APPROACH 5. Infancy and Early Childhood 6. Older Childhood 7. Adolescence 8. Young Adulthood 9. Mid-Life 10. Older Age Afterword.

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