1st Edition
The Biologising of Childhood Developmental Psychology and the Darwinian Myth
By John R. Morss
Copyright 1990
282 Pages
by
Routledge
282 Pages
by
Routledge
282 Pages
by
Routledge
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Originally published in 1990, this book looks at the history of developmental psychology in order to locate and evaluate the role played by biology in its most influential formulations.
First Charles Darwin’s own writings on child development are examined. It is shown that Darwin endorsed such ideas as the ‘recapitulation’ of evolutionary ancestry in the developing child, even though this is... Read more
Foreword. Preface. Acknowledgements. 1. Introduction 2. Charles Darwin and the Origins of Developmental Psychology 3. Biology and the Developmentalists: Hall, Baldwin, and Freud 4. Biology and the Developmentalists: Vygotsky, Piaget, and Werner 5. ‘The Prisoner of the Senses’: Sensationism in Developmental Thinking 6. Infancy 7. Childhood 8. Adolescence 9. Models and Processes 10. Biology and Alternatives to Biology in Contemporary Developmental Psychology 11. Conclusions. References. Reference Notes. Author Index. Subject Index.
Biography
John R. Morss
