Human Development: Traditional and Contemporary Theories

by Doris Bergen

For courses in human development, theories of development and development over the lifespan. Throughout years of teaching various courses in psychology, Doris Bergen struggled with a familiar problem in Human Development classes: the texts available to her did not meet the needs of the types of students in her classes. In teaching students who were primarily working towards degrees in professional practice, rather than those focusing on advanced degrees in psychology, the current textsdid not present theoretical work in a way that helped her students translate the concepts into their careers. Here, Doris Bergen has authored a text that does just that. By making the theoretical issues relevant and accessible to students going into professional practice, enabling them to apply theory to case examples, and helping them see which theories are focused primarily on specific developmental domains, this text will give students the edge they need as they move forward in their working lives."

480 pages, Paperback

First published March 9, 2007

About the author

Professor of Educational Psychology

For the Professor of Holocaust Studies see Doris L. Bergen

Reviews

[Caroline · Rating 3 out of 5]

Bergen provides an interesting discussion of theories, especially when paired with Kuhn's Structure of Scientific Revolutions.