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THEORIES OF ADOLESCENCE, Sixth Edition
- Rolf Muuss, GOUCHER COLLEGE
ISBN: 0-07-044267-3 / 1996 / Softcover / 426 pgs
Overview
A renowned text, THEORIES OF ADOLESCENCE provides students with a concise, well written, illustrated and readable description of the essence of major theoretical positions (both historical and contemporary) about adolescence and about the phenomena of adolescence and development in general. This one-of-a-kind text focuses solely on the theories of adolescence, giving thorough coverage to all the major theories through 14 topic areas.
New to This Edition
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* Updated and Expanded--this new edition includes the latest research finding in the field. Over 50% of the material has been updated.
* New Chapters Include:
13. Jane Loevinger: Ego Development in Adolescence
14. James Fowler's Theory of Faith Development with Emphasis on Adolescence
16. Urie Brofenbrenner's Ecological Perspective of Human Development
17. Richard Lerner's Developmental Contextualism
18. An Anthropological Perspective on Adolescence
* This text includes updated coverage of Carol Gilligan's work on Adolescent girls, and extensive revisions/updates of Piagetian and Erikson theory.
* Pictures of each of the major theorists are now included. This presents a visual image of the person behind the theory.
Features
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* One- of-a-Kind--This is the only text on the market devoted solely to the theories of adolescent development.
* Brief--Reviewers and students have been impressed with the author's ability to cover a tremendous amount of material in a clear, systematic, organized and comprehensive fashion.
* Bibliography--This text contains an extensive bibliography to both the writings of the theorists being discussed and also to the empirical research supporting or, at times, challenging theoretical claims.
* Useful figures, cartoons and illustrations that elucidate text content.
Table of Contents
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CHAPTER 1: The Philosophical and Historical Roots of Theories Adolescence
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CHAPTER 2: The Psychoanalytic Theory of Adolescent Development
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CHAPTER 3: Erik Erikson's Theory of Identity Development
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CHAPTER 4: Theoretical Expansion and Empirical Support for Erickson's Theory
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CHAPTER 5: Harry Stack Sullivan's Interpersonal Theory of Adolescent Development
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CHAPTER 6: Margaret Mead: Cultural Anthropology and Adolescence
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CHAPTER 7: Kurt Lewin: Field Theory of Adolescence
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CHAPTER 8: Jean Piaget's Cognitive Theory of Adolescence
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CHAPTER 9: Lawrence Kohlberg's Cognitive-developmental Approach to Adolescent Morality
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CHAPTER 10: A Feminist Perspective: Carol Gilligan's's theory of Sex Differences in Adolescent Development
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CHAPTER 11: Robert Selman's Theory of Interpersonal Understanding
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CHAPTER 12: Jane Loevinger: Ego Development in Adolescence
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CHAPTER 13: James Fowler's Theory of Faith development with Emphasis on Adolescence
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CHAPTER 14: The Contributions of Albert Bandura's Social Cognitive Theory's Contribution to an Understanding of Adolescence
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CHAPTER 15: Urie Bronfenbrenner's Ecological Perspective of Human Development
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CHAPTER 16: Richard M. Lerner's Developmental Contextualist
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CHAPTER 17: An Anthropological Perspective of Adolescence
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