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Developmental Tasks
. Ed(S): Laak, Jan J. F.Ter; Heymans, Peter G.; Podol'Skij, Andrei I. (Dept. Of Developmental Psychology, Moscow State University, Russia)
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Description for Developmental Tasks
Hardback. Considers behavioral and cognitive development as an ordered change in an individual throughout his or her lifespan, and not as sets of individual differences between persons, nor as stage-like progressions. This book is suitable for professional psychologists and educationalists, and research students in the same subjects. Editor(s): Laak, Jan J. F.ter; Heymans, Peter G.; Podol'skij, Andrei I. (Dept. of Developmental Psychology, Moscow State University, Russia). Num Pages: 274 pages, 10 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JNC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 586.
Behavioral and cognitive development is considered here as an ordered change in an individual throughout his or her lifespan, and not as sets of individual differences between persons, nor as stage-like progressions. The concept of developmental task is introduced, stressing contexts within which individuals meet, eliciting transitions in their behavior and, by implication, in the self. The developmental task concept is compatible with the activity theory of Gal'perin, especially the concept of meaningful learning. The authors show how their concept may be applied to age-related crises, the acquisition of a moral ... Read more
Behavioral and cognitive development is considered here as an ordered change in an individual throughout his or her lifespan, and not as sets of individual differences between persons, nor as stage-like progressions. The concept of developmental task is introduced, stressing contexts within which individuals meet, eliciting transitions in their behavior and, by implication, in the self. The developmental task concept is compatible with the activity theory of Gal'perin, especially the concept of meaningful learning. The authors show how their concept may be applied to age-related crises, the acquisition of a moral ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
274
Condition
New
Number of Pages
274
Place of Publication
Dordrecht, Netherlands
ISBN
9780792329053
SKU
V9780792329053
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99-15
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