Developmental Approaches to the Self

Book Overview

Each of the three great schools of developmental psy- chology represented in this vo1ume--psychoana1ytic, cogni- tive-developmental, and Vygotskian--diverges in important ways. But more recent changes in each discipline have led to new possibilities for theoretical integrations. Each ori- entation has begun to focus upon the problem of "meaning construction", that is, how a person's subjectivity and con- sciousness is created through his interaction...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1461336163
• ISBN13: 9781461336167
• Release Date: October 2011
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 1.21 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"