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100 _aThomas, R. Murray
_91757
245 _aComparing Theories of Child Development
_c/ R. Murray Thomas
_hbk
250 _a5th ed.
260 _aBelmont
_bWadsworth/Thomson Learning
_c2000
300 _a618p.
_bxvi, ill., Includes bibliographical references and index
500 _aAbstract The fourth edition of 'Comparing Theories of Child Development' discusses ways of analyzing likeness and differences among theories of child development. It searches the sources of these theories and further explains how to distinguish normal from abnornal development of a child. The book further explains developmental causes and cures of neuroses, principles of learning and social contexts, and judges the appropriateness of research methods. It further explores the way children gain skill in processing information and for how a child's innermost self develops. In addition, patterns of environmental influence and biological sources of development, and lastly ways children's and youths' moral reasoning and moral behavior is explained.
521 _aRecommended for students and lecturers.
650 _vChild psychology
_xChild development
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