
Early Experience and Human Development
Springer (Publisher)
Published on 30. January 2012
Book
Paperback/Softback
308 pages
978-1-4615-9217-4 (ISBN)
Description
Our goal in writing this book was to fill a perceived gap in the early experi ence literature. Most existing volumes on early experience and development can be dichotomized on a basic versus an applied dimension. Volumes falling on the basic side are designed for researchers and theoreticians in the biomed ical and behavioral sciences. Most existing basic volumes are either primarily based on infrahuman data or are based on single major human studies. In going over these volumes, we are not convinced of the generality of infrahu man data to the human level; in addition, we were concerned about the replicability of findings from single studies, however well designed these studies were. As a result, the relevance of data from these volumes to applied human problems is quite limited. In contrast, volumes falling on the applied side are designed primarily for those involved in intervention work with infants and young children. These applied books generally tend to be vague and nonempirical compilations of the views of experts and the collective "wisdom of the ages. " Rarely in applied volumes do we find conclusions based on solid, consistent, empirical findings.
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Edition
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1982
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Research
Illustrations
308 p.
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 17 mm
Weight
455 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4615-9217-4 (9781461592174)
DOI
10.1007/978-1-4615-9215-0
Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Additional editions
Theodore D. Wachs | Gerald E. Gruen
Early Experience and Human Development
Book
06/1982
Kluwer Academic / Plenum Publishers
€109.13
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Content
1 Introduction.- 2 The Study of Early Experience.- 3 The Physical Environment and Its Relationship to Cognitive-Intellectual Development.- 4 The Social Environment and Its Relationship to Cognitive-Intellectual Development.- 5 Early Experience and Cognitive-Intellectual Development: The Emotional-Attitudinal Environment.- 6 The Earliest Social Experiences and Their Effect on Social Development.- 7 The Socialization of Young Children.- 8 The Relationship between Social and Cognitive Development.- 9 The Nature of Early Environmental Action.- 10 Early Experience and Development: Implications and Applications.- References.- Author Index.