A History of the Study of Human Growth

A History of the Study of Human Growth

Author: James Mourilyan Tanner

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 1981-08-13

Total Pages: 514

ISBN-13: 0521224888

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Tracing the history of studies of the physical growth of children from the time of the Ancient Greeks onwards.


Patterns of Human Growth

Patterns of Human Growth

Author: Barry Bogin

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 1999-05-06

Total Pages: 476

ISBN-13: 9780521564380

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A revised edition of an established text on human growth and development from an anthropological and evolutionary perspective.


Human Growth and Development

Human Growth and Development

Author: Noel Cameron

Publisher: Academic Press

Published: 2012-06-08

Total Pages: 625

ISBN-13: 0123838827

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Offering a study of biological, biomedical and biocultural approaches, this book is suitable for researchers, professors and graduate students across the interdisciplinary area of human development. It is presented in the form of lectures to facilitate student programming.


Auxology

Auxology

Author: Michael Hermanussen

Publisher:

Published: 2013

Total Pages: 324

ISBN-13: 9783510652785

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Encyclopedia of Human Development

Encyclopedia of Human Development

Author: Neil J. Salkind

Publisher: SAGE Publications

Published: 2005-10-14

Total Pages: 1617

ISBN-13: 1452265399

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The field of human development focuses on the growth and development of the human being including physical, social, psychological, and emotional development. Under the broad umbrella of the term human development you find countless topics that range from charting the emotional attachment of an infant to his or her parents and its long-term effects on well-being, media violence and adolescents′ behavior, or factors moderating the natural decline in physical and mental abilities associated with aging. The Encyclopedia of Human Development is the first comprehensive, authoritative, and informative reference work that presents state-of-the-art research and ready-to-use facts from the fields of psychology, individual and family studies, and education in a way that is not too technical. With more than 600 entries, this three-volume Encyclopedia covers topics as diverse as adolescence, cognitive development, education, family, gender differences, identity, longitudinal research, personality development, prenatal development, temperament, and more. Key Features Provides cross-disciplinary coverage, with contributions from experts in the fields of psychology, education, human development and family studies, and gerontology Highlights classic studies and theories and provides brief biographies of notable researchers and theorists Takes a lifespan approach by including several "anchor essays" that cover specific phases of development such as prenatal, infancy, childhood, adolescence, early and middle adulthood, later adulthood and aging Begins with an Introduction that details the scope, rationale, and audience for the work The cross-disciplinary field of human development is one that captures interest among and holds practical relevance for the general public as well as academia, therefore this engaging Encyclopedia will be a welcome addition to any academic or public library.


Human Growth, Behaviour and Development

Human Growth, Behaviour and Development

Author: Alastair Gibson

Publisher: SAGE

Published: 2015-10-26

Total Pages: 241

ISBN-13: 1473944031

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Understanding the way in which individuals develop before birth, as babies, children and adolescents through to young and older adulthood towards death is an important part of any social work role. Being able to skilfully apply this understanding in real life practice situations is even more important, as purposeful translations of human development are at the heart of effective professional practice. Introducing students to emotional, psychological and social developmental theories of human growth before exploring in detail how these theories can be incorporated into practice, this book will ensure students have all the tools they need to not only understand but critically appraise and apply psychosocial theories early on in training and whilst on placement. With the help of real world case studies, summaries and tips for further study, it will show students how life course theories inter-relate and how they can make appropriate, purposeful translations of theory into skilled, professional practice.


The Ecology of Human Development

The Ecology of Human Development

Author: Urie BRONFENBRENNER

Publisher: Harvard University Press

Published: 2009-06-30

Total Pages: 349

ISBN-13: 0674028848

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Here is a book that challenges the very basis of the way psychologists have studied child development. According to Urie Bronfenbrenner, one of the world's foremost developmental psychologists, laboratory studies of the child's behavior sacrifice too much in order to gain experimental control and analytic rigor. Laboratory observations, he argues, too often lead to "the science of the strange behavior of children in strange situations with strange adults for the briefest possible periods of time." To understand the way children actually develop, Bronfenbrenner believes that it will be necessary to observe their behavior in natural settings, while they are interacting with familiar adults over prolonged periods of time. This book offers an important blueprint for constructing such a new and ecologically valid psychology of development. The blueprint includes a complete conceptual framework for analysing the layers of the environment that have a formative influence on the child. This framework is applied to a variety of settings in which children commonly develop, ranging from the pediatric ward to daycare, school, and various family configurations. The result is a rich set of hypotheses about the developmental consequences of various types of environments. Where current research bears on these hypotheses, Bronfenbrenner marshals the data to show how an ecological theory can be tested. Where no relevant data exist, he suggests new and interesting ecological experiments that might be undertaken to resolve current unknowns. Bronfenbrenner's groundbreaking program for reform in developmental psychology is certain to be controversial. His argument flies in the face of standard psychological procedures and challenges psychology to become more relevant to the ways in which children actually develop. It is a challenge psychology can ill-afford to ignore.


Human Growth and Development

Human Growth and Development

Author: Chris Beckett

Publisher: SAGE Publications

Published: 2010-03-03

Total Pages: 233

ISBN-13: 1847871798

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This Second Edition is a bestselling introduction to emotional, psychological, intellectual and social development throughout the lifespan. Written for students training in fields such as social work, healthcare and education, the book covers topics which are central to understanding people whether they are clients, service users, patients, or pupils. For this Second Edition, a new chapter has been added (Chapter 10: It Takes a Village: the Sociological Perspective) exploring the wider social factors which influence human growth and development. Activities are provided within each chapter to help student test theoretical concepts against their own experience and intuitions.


Neurosis and Human Growth

Neurosis and Human Growth

Author: Karen Horney

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2013-09-13

Total Pages: 392

ISBN-13: 1136341293

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In Neurosis and Human Growth, Dr. Horney discusses the neurotic process as a special form of the human development, the antithesis of healthy growth. She unfolds the different stages of this situation, describing neurotic claims, the tyranny or inner dictates and the neurotic's solutions for relieving the tensions of conflict in such emotional attitudes as domination, self-effacement, dependency, or resignation. Throughout, she outlines with penetrating insight the forces that work for and against the person's realization of his or her potentialities. First Published in 1950. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.