Human Development in the Life Course: Melodies of Living

Zittoun, Tania; Valsiner, Jaan; Vedeler, Dankert; Salgado, João; Gonçalves, Miguel M.; Ferring, Dieter

ISBN 10: 0521769388 / ISBN 13: 9780521769389

Published by Cambridge University Press, 2013

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Human Development in the Life Course: Melodies of Living
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication Date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521769388
• ISBN 13: 9780521769389
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: very_good

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Synopsis

Drawing on philosophy, the history of psychology and the natural sciences, this book proposes a new theoretical foundation for the psychology of the life course. It features the study of unique individual life courses in their social and cultural environment, combining the perspectives of developmental and sociocultural psychology, psychotherapy, learning sciences and geronto-psychology. In particular, the book highlights semiotic processes, specific to human development, that allow us to draw upon past experiences, to choose among alternatives and to plan our futures. Imagination is an important outcome of semiotic processes and enables us to deal with daily constraints and transitions, and promotes the transformation of social representation and symbolic systems – giving each person a unique style, or 'melody', of living. The book concludes by questioning the methodology and epistemology of current life course studies.

About the Authors

Tania Zittoun is a Professor of Psychology and Education at the University of Neuchâtel, Switzerland.

Jaan Valsiner is a Professor of Psychology at Clark University, Massachusetts.

Dankert Vedeler is Associate Professor Emeritus at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU).

João Salgado is Assistant Professor and the Head of the Department of Social and Behavioural Sciences at the Maia Institute of Higher Education (ISMAI), Portugal.

Miguel M. Gonçalves is a Professor of Psychology in the School of Psychology at the University of Minho, Portugal.