Understanding the Life Course Sociological and Psychological Perspectives
- U K Polity Press 2010
- 269p
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