Child development thinking about theories - Slee, Phillip T.; Shute, Rosalyn H. (London : Routledge, 2013)
1. Ways of knowing about development -- 2. From Darwin to DNA : biologically based theories of development -- 3. A rainbow is more than the sum of its colours : beginnings of organicism -- 4. The child as philosophy -- 5. From Oedipus to attachment : the Freudian legacy -- 6. Mechanism : the whole is equal to the sum of its parts -- 7. Mechanism : the whole is equal to the sum of its parts : 8. The historic event : contextualism -- 9. Sociocultural influences on development -- 10. Listening to different voices : feminism and development psychology -- 11. Putting it all together : towards theoretical integration -- 12. From theory into practice.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Also available in print edition.
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Keywords: Child psychology; Child development; Electronic books