Concepts and Theories of Human Development

by Richard M. Lerner

Substantially updated and expanded from the 1986 edition, this volume emphasizes the philosophical and historical bases of the key conceptual issues in the field of human development, the centrality of the nature-nurture issue, the importance of understanding the dynamics between continuity and discontinuity across the life span, the ways in which stances on the nature-nurture and continuity-discontinuity issues frame theories of human development, and the associations among philosophy, concepts, theories, methods, and applications of developmental science. Suitable for advanced undergraduate and graduate developmental psychology students. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Genres: Psychology

544 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1986