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Concepts and Applications

By William C. Crain

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About the Author

William Crain is professor of psychology at The City College of New York. A social activist, Dr. Crain served nine years on the Teaneck, NJ, school board and works for student access to higher education and the protection of nature and animals. He and his wife Ellen F. Crain, a pediatrician, have three grown children.

Table of Contents

1. Early Theories: Preformationism, Locke, and Rousseau. 2. Gesell's Maturational Theory. 3. Ethological Theories: Darwin, Lorenz, Tinbergen, and Bowlby and Ainsworth. 4. Montessori's Educational Philosophy. 5. Werner's Organismic and Comparative Theory. 6. Piaget's Cognitive-Developmental Theory. 7. Kohlberg's Stages of Moral Development. 8. Learning Theory: Pavlov, Watson, and Skinner. 9. Bandura's Social Learning Theory. 10. Vygotsky's Social-Historical Theory of Cognitive Development. 11. Freud's Psychoanalytic Theory. 12. Erikson and the Eight Stages of Life. 13. Mahler's Separation/Individuation Theory. 14. A Case Study in Psychoanalytic Treatment: Bettelheim on Autism. 15. Schachtel on Childhood Experiences. 16. Jung's Theory of Adulthood. 17. Chomsky's Theory of Language Development. 18. Conclusion: Humanistic Psychology and Developmental Theory. Epilogue: A Developmental Perspective on the Standards Movement. References. Name Index. Subject Index.