Human Development : Different Perspectives

Maria Lucia Seidl-De-Moura

ISBN 10: 9535106104 / ISBN 13: 9789535106104

Published by Intechopen, 2012

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nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - Human development has different meanings depending on the area we focus on. To the psychologists it is the ontogenetic process of individual development. It considers systematic psychological changes that occur in human beings over the course of their life span. To sociologists and economists, among others, the main consideration is the macro-level of countries or regions and their development conditions related to human needs. Our book has two parts. The first one is entitled 'Development in the ontogenesis' and it consists of three chapters whilst the second is 'Human development: contextual factors', also including 3 chapters. Together, the two parts give the readers a panoramic view of very complex subjects and complement each other. Researchers of ontogenetic development cannot ignore that contextual factors are the basis of this process. On the other hand, social scientists worried about the macro variables need to remember that they are dealing with people, who are affected one way or another by those variables and whose development is the product of biology and culture.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Human Development : Different Perspectives
• Publisher: Intechopen
• Publication Date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9535106104
• ISBN 13: 9789535106104
• Binding: Buch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 266W x 185H x 13D millimeters 266 millimeters width by 185 millimeters height by 13 millimeters depth
• Weight: 490 grams

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Human development has different meanings depending on the area we focus on. To the psychologists it is the ontogenetic process of individual development. It considers systematic psychological changes that occur in human beings over the course of their life span. To sociologists and economists, among others, the main consideration is the macro-level of countries or regions and their development conditions related to human needs. Our book has two parts. The first one is entitled "Development in the ontogenesis" and it consists of three chapters whilst the second is "Human development: contextual factors", also including 3 chapters. Together, the two parts give the readers a panoramic view of very complex subjects and complement each other. Researchers of ontogenetic development cannot ignore that contextual factors are the basis of this process. On the other hand, social scientists worried about the macro variables need to remember that they are dealing with people, who are affected one way or another by those variables and whose development is the product of biology and culture.