Human growth and development
By: Chris Beckett.
Publisher: SAGE
Published: 2002
Place of publication: London; Thousand Oaks, CA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 242
Subjects: Developmental psychology.
Other titles: Human growth & development
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [226]-234) and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: 1 The Birth of a Human Being: what makes us who we are?; title: 2 The Balancing Act: insights from Freud; title: 3 A Secure Base: the importance of attachment; title: 4 The Emergence of Reason: Piaget and cognitive development; title: 5 Making Connections: ideas from learning theory; title: 6 Who Am I Going to Be? Changes in adolescence; title: 7 Acting Like a Grown-up: challenges of adulthood; title: 8 No One is an Island: family systems and their life-cycle; title: 9 Access to Adulthood: growing up with a disability; title: 10 Coming to a Conclusion: themes in old age; title: 11 The End: death and dying; title: References; title: Index.