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Record Nr.

UNINA9910790235103321

Titolo

Portraits of pioneers in developmental psychology / / editors, Wade E. Pickren, Donald A. Dewsbury, Michael Wertheimer

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, N.Y. : , : Psychology Press, , 2012

ISBN

1-136-65316-3

1-280-65998-X

9786613636911

1-136-65317-1

0-203-80613-1

Descrizione fisica

xxviii, 323 p. : ill

Altri autori (Persone)

DewsburyDonald A. <1939->

PickrenWade E

WertheimerMichael

Disciplina

155.092/2

Soggetti

Developmental psychology - History

Psychologists

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

1. Arnold Gesell : the maturationist / Fredric Weizmann and Ben Harris -- 2. Florence L. Goodenough : developmental pioneer, innovator, and mentor / Ann Johnson -- 3. Heinz Werner : a differentiation theory of development / Jaan Valsiner -- 4. Helena Antipoff : a quest for democracy and human rights with the help of psychological science / Regina Helena de Freitas Campos -- 5. Charlotte Buhler : scientific entrepreneur in developmental, clinical, and humanistic psychology / William R. Woodward -- 6. Jean Piaget : theorist of the child's mind / Bernard C. Beins -- 7. Lev Vygotsky : philologist and defectologist, a sociointellectual biography / Anton Yasnitsky -- 8. Lois Barclay Murphy : a pioneer of positivity / Elizabeth Johnston -- 9. Roger Barker : a different kind of developmentalist / M.M. Scott -- 10. Robert W. White : a life in the study of lives / Suzanne C. Ouellette -- 11. Joseph McVicker Hunt : golden age psychologist / Wade E. Pickren -- 12. Sidney W. Bijou : Outstanding (and out standing) in his fields / Edward K. Morris -- 13. John Paul Scott : the study of genetics, development,



and social behavior / Donald A. Dewsbury -- 14. Eleanor J. Gibson : learning to perceive, perceiving to learn / Herbert L. Pick -- 15. Mamie Phipps Clark : developmental psychologist, starting from strengths / Alexandra Rutherford -- 16. Lawrence Kohlberg : moral biography, moral psychology, and moral pedagogy / John R. Snarey -- 17. Eyes on the prize : psychologists and human development / Wade E. Pickren.