TY - BOOK AU - Green, Michael TI - Theories of Human Development: A Comparative Approach U1 - O40 PY - 2010/// CY - Boston PB - Allyn and Bacon KW - Psychology, Child KW - Developmental Psychology N1 - includes index and biblioraphy; PART ONE Preliminary Considerations 1 Theories as Windows for Looking to See 3 Preview Questions 3 Why do we Study Theories? 3 Principle 1—Theories Explain What Facts Mean 4 Principle 2—Theories Represent Public Knowledge 4 Principle 3—Theories Are, in Principle, Testable 5 Principle 4—Theories Are Less Complex than People 5 Principle 5—Theories Are Generalizable 7 What Is a Theory? 8 Windows for Looking to See 8 Theory Definition 9 Structural Components of Developmental Theories 10 Assumptions 11 Explaining Human Phenomena 12 Internal Principles 12 Bridge Principles 13 Change Mechanism 13 Limitations of Developmental Theories 14 Families and Paradigms of Developmental Theories 15 Paradigms and Paradigm Cases in Developmental Psychology Philosophical Antecedents of Developmental Theories 16 The Big Picture: Paradigms in Perspective 22 Summary Points 23 Suggested Readings 24 Evaluating Developmental Theories 25 Preview Questions 25 Evaluating Theories of Human Development 25 Values of Scientific Worthiness 26 Testability 26 External Validity 27 Predictive Validity 27 liitemal Consistency 27 Theoretical Economy 28 Developmental Adequacy 28 Temporality 29 Cumulativity 29 Directionality 30 New Mode of Organization 30 Increased Capacity for Self-control 32 Pedagogical Usefulness 33 Interpretability 33 Versatility 34 Availability 34 Guidance 35 Important Paradigm Patterns 36 Summary Points 37 Suggested Readings 37 PART TWO The Endogenous Paradigm 39 3 Freud and Psychoanalysis 41 Preview Questions 41 Historical Sketch 41 The Search for Neurological Structures 44 Psychic Healing 44 Freud`s Clinical Work 45 Structural Components of Psychoanalysis 46 Assumptions 46 Problems for Study 47 Internal Principles 49 Bridge Principles 63 Change Mechanism 66 Explaining Human Development: The Research 66 Disorders and Psychodynamic Treatment 67 Personality Types 68 The Oedipal Complex 69 Dreams 70 Looking Ahiead 71 Contributions and Criticisms of the Theory Contributions 72 Criticisms 73 Evaluation of Psychoanalysis Scientific Worthiness 75 Developmental Adequacy Pedagogical Usefulness Summary Points 80 Problems and Exercises 80 Class Exercises 80 Individual Exercises 82 Suggested Readings 83 More about Freud and His Theory 83 Reviews of Research 83 Critical Reviews 83 Erikson and Psychosocial Theory 85 Preview Questions 85 Historical Sketch 86 Structural Components of Psychosocial Theory 88 Assumptions 89 Problems for Study 89 Internal Principles 90 Bridge Principles 92 Change Mechanism 100 Explaining Human Development: The Research 101 Indirect Research on Infants and Children 102 Child Rearing 102 Adolescent Identity 103 Cultural Context 105 Adulthood and Aging 106 Contributions and Criticisms of Psychosocial Theory 107 Contributions 107 Criticisms 108 Evaluation of Psychosocial Theory Scientific Worthiness 108 Developmental Adequacy 110 Pedagogical Usefulness 111 Summary Points 112 Problems and Exercises 113 Suggested Readings 113 More about the Theory 113 Research Reviews 114 Critical Reviews 114 5 Wilson and Sociobiology Preview Questions 115 Historical Sketch 116 The Legacy of Darwin 116 Edward O. Wilson and the Roots of Sociobiology 118 Structural Components of Sociobiology 121 Assumptions 121 Problems for Study 121 Internal Principles 124 Bridge Principles 127 Change Mechanism 128 Explaining Human Development: The Research 130 Aggression and Dominance Hierarchies 131 Kinship Systems and Nomenclature 131 Altruism 133 Differential Selection 134 Language 137 Status Hierarchies 138 Contributions and Criticisms of Sociobiology 138 Contributions 138 Criticisms 140 Evaluation of Sociobiology 142 Scientific Worthiness 142 Developmental Adequacy 144 Pedagogical Usefulness 145 Summary Points 147 Problems and Exercises 148 Class Exercises 148 Individual Ex ER -