Developmental Psychology

Product Details:
Author(s):
Cockcroft, K ,
Duncan, N and
Watts, J
Year Published:
2013
Edition
2nd Edition
Type:
Print | Soft Cover
Language:
English
About this publication
Developmental Psychology, second edition, provides a theory-driven approach to understanding development from two perspectives – psychoanalytic and cognitive. These two perspectives complement one another: a psychoanalytic focus is based on understandings of how the mind affects the development of personality, while a cognitive focus offers insight into the development of the mind. The third section of this book brings together thoughts on the South African context and how it impacts upon development. Developmental Psychology is a broad and integrative introduction to developmental psychology for undergraduates, postgraduates and health professionals.
Content
Introduction
1    Basic concepts and principles in developmental psychology – Derek Hook / Kate Cockcroft
SECTION ONE: Psychoanalytic approaches to development and personality
2    A basic introduction to psychoanalytic thought – Jacki Watts
3    Freud’s psychoanalytic theory of development and personality – Jacki Watts / Derek Hook
4    Klein’s object relations theory of development and personality – Jacki Watts
5    Fairbairn’s contributions to object relations theory – Cora Smith
6    Wilfred Bion: Thinking, feeling and the search for truth – Gavin Ivey
7    Donald Winnicott – Jacki Watts
8    Kernberg’s theory of normal and pathological development – Carol Long
9    Heinz Kohut: Self psychology – Sally Swartz
10  Attachment theory – Lee Senior
11  Jung’s analytic theory of the development of personality – Jacki Watts
12  Lacan’s mirror stage – Derek Hook
13  Erikson’s psychosocial stages of development – Derek Hook
SECTION TWO: Cognitive development
This section has been totally revamped to include chapters on each aspect of cognitive functioning.
14    Introduction to cognitive development – Kate Cockcroft
15    Piaget’s constructivist theory of cognitive development – Kate Cockcroft
16    Intellectual development – Kate Cockcroft / Nicky Israel
17    Memory development – Kate Cockcroft
18    Language development – Kate Cockcroft
19    Kohlberg’s theory of moral reasoning – James Grant
20    Evolutionary development – Michael Greyling
21    Contributions of cognitive science approaches to cognitive developmental psychology – Kevin G F Thomas / Susan Malcolm-Smith / Marianne Ball / Michelle Robberts
22     Vygotsky’s theory of the development of cultural tools – Gillian Mooney
SECTION THREE: Psychosocial and socio-political contexts of development
23    Developmental psychology: Critiques and contextual considerations – Norman Duncan
24    Bronfenbrenner’s ecological theory of development – Derek Hook
25    Violent crime and human development in South Africa – Garth Stevens
26    The effects of trauma on child development: Children in South Africa – Patrick Connolly / Gill Eagle
27    Critical issues in developmental psychology – Derek Hook / Norman Duncan
28    Race, culture and psychological theory – Mambwe Kasese-Hara
29    Gender identity: Contestations and questions – Gillian Mooney / Peace Kiguwa
30    Theory and South African developmental psychology research and literature – Catriona Macleod
Interest / Benefit to
This text is suitable for undergraduate psychology students, postgraduates and health professionals.