Understanding adolescents for helping professionals / / Avidan Milevsky

• Autore: Milevsky Avidan
• Pubblicazione: New York : , : Springer Publishing Company, , 2015; ©2015
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (231 p.)
• Disciplina: 155.5
• Soggetto topico: Adolescent psychology; Adolescence
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Title; Copyright; Table of Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Share Understanding Adolescents for Helping Professionals; Chapter 1: Understanding Adolescent Development; Chapter Overview; Applied Questions to Think About; What Is Development?; Nature Versus Nurture; Quantitative Growth Versus Qualitative Growth; Early Versus Late Experiences; Why Do We Study Adolescent Development?; The Study of Adolescent Development: Past, Present, and Future; What was Thought about Children?; What was Thought about Adolescents?; Present and Future ; Review of Chapter 1: Understanding Adolescent DevelopmentChapter 2: Adolescent Developmental Theories; Chapter Overview; Applied Questions to Think About; Intrapsychic Theories; Psychodynamic Theories; Post-Freudian Theories; Humanistic Theory; Cognitive Theories; Piaget's Cognitive Development Theory; Vygotsky's Social-Cultural Theory; Information-Processing Theory; Behavioral and Environmental Theories; Behavioral Theory; Social Cognitive Theory; Ecological Theory; Biological Theories; Evolutionary Theory; Ethological Theory; Evolutionary Psychology; Integrative Theories ; The Lifespan TheoryReview of Chapter 2: Adolescent Developmental Theories; Chapter 3: Research and Practice in Adolescent Development; Chapter Overview; Applied Questions to Think About; The Importance of Research-Based Practice; The Research Method; Research Design; Collecting Data; Reviewing Results; Sharing the Results with Others; Evaluating the Science and Ethics of Research; Careers in Adolescent Development; Review of Chapter 3: Research and Practice in Adolescent Development; Chapter 4: The Process of Puberty; Chapter Overview; Applied Questions to Think About ; The Beginning of PubertyThe Timing of Puberty; Off-Time Puberty; Review of Chapter 4: The Process of Puberty; Chapter 5: Body and Brain Development; Chapter Overview; Applied Questions to Think About; External and Internal Physical Changes; The Brain; Review of Chapter 5: Body and Brain Development; Chapter 6: Health and Nutrition; Chapter Overview; Applied Questions to Think About; Overall Health; Sleep; Diet and Nutrition; Review of Chapter 6: Health and Nutrition; Chapter 7: Cognition, Thinking, and School; Chapter Overview; Applied Questions to Think About ; Piaget's Formal Operational StageHypothetical-Deductive Reasoning; Abstract and Complex Thinking; Thinking in Context; Social Cognition; Decision Making; Educating Adolescents; Learning at School; Learning at Work; Review of Chapter 7: Cognition, Thinking, and School; Chapter 8: Psychosocial Development; Chapter Overview; Applied Questions to Think About; Interacting Forces; Understanding the Self; Identity; Identity Achievement and Confusion; Marcia's Identity Statuses; Identity Throughout Life; Emotions; Mood Swings; Types of Emotions; Review of Chapter 8: Psychosocial Development ; Chapter 9: The Social Network and the Modern World
• Sommario/riassunto: Promotes an in-depth understanding of adolescent development that can be immediately applied to effective treatment. Adolescence is a distinct and complex stage of development, and successful interventions with this population require an in-depth understanding of the many forces affecting them. This is a practical, thorough, yet concise survey of adolescent development for early career professionals in psychology, mental health counseling, social work, marriage and family therapy, education, and nursing. Based on in-depth theoretical and empirical understanding of adolescent physical, cognitiv
• Titolo autorizzato: Understanding adolescents for helping professionals
• ISBN: 0-8261-2507-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910809831603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II