Developmental Tasks

Jan J. F. Ter Laak

ISBN 10: 0792329058 / ISBN 13: 9780792329053

Published by Springer Netherlands, Springer Netherlands Jun 1994, 1994

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This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -Behavioral and cognitive development is considered here as an ordered change in an individual throughout his or her lifespan, and not as sets of individual differences between persons, nor as stage-like progressions. The concept of developmental task is introduced, stressing contexts within which individuals meet, eliciting transitions in their behavior and, by implication, in the self. The developmental task concept is compatible with the activity theory of Gal'perin, especially the concept of meaningful learning. The authors show how their concept may be applied to age-related crises, the acquisition of a moral status, the achievement of educational independence, the assessment of readiness for school, acquisition of peer status, acquisition of concepts of morality, and the task of ageing.For professional psychologists and educationalists, and advanced research students in the same subjects.Springer-Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 290 pp. Englisch.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Developmental Tasks
• Publisher: Springer Netherlands, Springer Netherlands Jun 1994
• Publication Date: 1994
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0792329058
• ISBN 13: 9780792329053
• Binding: Buch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 241W x 160H x 21D millimeters 241 millimeters width by 160 millimeters height by 21 millimeters depth
• Weight: 603 grams

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Behavioral and cognitive development is considered here as an ordered change in an individual throughout his or her lifespan, and not as sets of individual differences between persons, nor as stage-like progressions. The concept of developmental task is introduced, stressing contexts within which individuals meet, eliciting transitions in their behavior and, by implication, in the self. The developmental task concept is compatible with the activity theory of Gal'perin, especially the concept of meaningful learning. The authors show how their concept may be applied to age-related crises, the acquisition of a moral status, the achievement of educational independence, the assessment of readiness for school, acquisition of peer status, acquisition of concepts of morality, and the task of ageing.
For professional psychologists and educationalists, and advanced research students in the same subjects.