Adult Development, Therapy, and Culture A Postmodern Synthesis
This volume proposes a theoretical integration of several major streams in contemporary psychological theory about adult development and therapy. It adopts the perspective that there are steps in development throughout the adult period, and that they are characterized by a union of the cognitive and...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY
Springer US
1997, 1997
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 1997 |
| Series: | The Springer Series in Adult Development and Aging
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| Collection: | Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- Prologue: A 25-Step Developmental Model
- I. Introduction
- 1. Overview
- 2. The Postmodern Adult
- II. Self and Family Development
- 3. Self Development
- 4. Family Development
- III. Sociocultural Development
- 5. The Vygotskian Perspective on Cognitive Development
- 6. Contemporary Elaborations of Vygotskian Theory
- IV. Coconstructed Ameliorations of Vygotskian Theory
- 7. The Cognitive (Mis)perception of the Other
- 8. Individual Differences and Coappropriation
- V. Therapy and Epistemology
- 9. Postmodern Adult Therapy
- 10. Transition Therapy
- 11. Epistemology
- V. Conclusions
- 12. Elaborations, Conclusions, Contributions
- 13. Appendix: Political Discourse in Adolescents with Their Mothers
- 14. Postscript: From Adult Development to Communication
- References