A History of Developmental Psychology in Autobiography (Developmental Psychology Series (Westview Pr))
Contributors: Dennis Thompson (Editor); John D. Hogan (Editor)
Edition: Reissue edition
Publisher: Westview Pr (Short Disc)
Published: July 1996
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 207
ISBN-13: 9780813330785
Subjects: Child & developmental psychology; Psychologists; General; Language Arts / Linguistics / Literacy; Psychology; Developmental Psychology; Biography; History
Description: The ten original essays presented here chart the personal and professional life experiences of these remarkable contributors from the discipline of developmental psychology. Employing the autobiographical approach, the book provides a unique view of how research and scientific inquiries are conducted while adding the human dimension generally absent from textbooks or journal articles.

This book will be of interest to students in history or developmental psychology courses as well as to the general reader looking for first-person accounts about the emergence of contemporary developmental psychology.