Understanding the Life Course Sociological and Psychological Perspectives

includes index and biblioraphy

1 Understanding the Life Course 10
Introduction 10
Changes affecting the contemporary life course in the UK 10
Unreality TV, people`s perceptions of human `nature` and lay theorizing 14
Sociology and psychology 19
Life course sociology and life span psychology 23
Social science research methods 30
Life span psychology, life course sociology and multi-disciplinarity 33
2 Traditional Psychological Approaches to Children 40
Introduction 40
Physical development and memory 41
Psychoanalytic development 44
The psychosocial approach 47
Attachment 48
Modern psychoanalytic theories and attachment 50
Cognitive development 52
Modern cognitive developmental theory 54
Learning theories 56
Language acquisition 59
Conclusion 61
3 The New Social Studies of Childhood 63
Introduction 63
Criticisms of developmental psychology 67
The `new sociology of childhood theorists` and other social perspectives 73
Conclusion 86
Adolescence and Youth
Introduction
Adolescence and psychology Youth and sociology
Conclusion
Young Adulthood
Introduction
Psychology and young adulthood
Sociology and young adulthood
Conclusion
Middle Adulthood
Introduction
Psychology and middle adulthood
Sociology and middle adulthood
Conclusion
7 Old Age
Introduction
Old age and psychology
Old age and sociology
Conclusion
8 Death, Dying, Grief and Loss Introduction
Bereavement and psychology
The sociology of death and dying