ISBN:
9780816604180
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9780816662814
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (x, 287 p)
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ill
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20 cm
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2009 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Additional Information:
Rezensiert in Curtis, Jack H. [Rezension von: Harris, Dale B., The Concept of Development: An Issue in the Study of Human Behavior] 1957
Series Statement:
Minnesota paperbacks 7
Parallel Title:
Print version Concept of Development : An Issue in the Study of Human Behavior
DDC:
136.082
Keywords:
Human growth
;
Human behavior
;
Developmental psychology
;
Developmental psychology
;
Human behavior
;
Human growth
;
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Abstract:
The Concept of Development was first published in 1967. In the various disciplines which make up the behavioral sciences, the concept of development plays a useful and significant role. The need has existed, however, for more unity of thought regarding the meaning of the concept, and this volume represents a long step ahead toward that goal. The book contains a series of 17 papers by as many contributors from the fields of psychology, philosophy, the natural sciences, medical science, social science, and the humanities. The chapters are arranged in five sections: Issues in the Study of Develop
Description / Table of Contents:
Foreword; Table of Contents; ISSUES IN THE STUDY OF DEVELOPMENT; BIOLOGY AND GROWTH; THE DEVELOPMENT OF HUMAN BEHAVIOR; THE CONCEPT OF DEVELOPMENT IN THE HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES; SOCIAL APPLICATIONS OF THE DEVELOPMENTAL CONCEPT; Index;
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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Papers presented at a conference held at the University of Minnesota, Dec. 8-10, 1955, to recognize the Institute of Child Welfare's productive work of three decades
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
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