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Action and Self-Development : Theory and Research Through the Life Span.

This volume presents the reader with a stimulating rich tapestry of essays exploring the nature of action and intentionality, and discussing their role in human development. As the contributions make clear, action is an integrative concept that forms the bridge between our psychological, biological,...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Brandtstadter, Jochen
Otros Autores: Lerner, Dr. Richard M. M.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Thousand Oaks : SAGE Publications, 1999.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : Development, action, and intentionality / Jochen Brandtstädter and Richard M. Lerner
  • Revisiting Individuals as producers of their development : from dynamic interactionism to developmental systems / Richard M. Lerner and Ted Walls
  • The self in action and development : cultural, biosocial, and ontogenetic bases of intentional self-development / Jochen Brandtstädter
  • Selectivity in life-span development : biological and societal canalizations and individuals' developmental goals / Jutta Heckhausen and Richard Schulz
  • Freedom isn't free : power, alienation, and the consequences of action / Dale Dannefer
  • The dynamic codevelopment of intentionality, self, and social relations / Michael F. Mascolo, Kurt W. Fischer, and Robert A. Neimeyer
  • The pursuit of personal goals : a motivational approach to well-being and life adjustment / Joachim C. Brunstein, Oliver C. Schultheiss, and Günter W. Maier
  • Personal projects and social ecology : themes and variations across the life span / Brian R. Little
  • Life planning : anticipating future life goals and managing personal development / Jacqui Smith
  • The process of meaning construction : dissecting the flow of semiotic activity / Ingrid E. Josephs, Jaan Valsiner, and Seth E. Surgan
  • A motivational-volitional perspective on identity development / Peter M. Gollwitzer [and others]
  • Free fantasies about the future and the emergence of developmental goals / Gabriele Oettingen
  • Psychological control in later life : implications for life-span development / Helene H. Fung, Ronald P. Abeles, and Laura L. Carstensen
  • Intentional self-development through adulthood and later life : tenacious pursuit and flexible adjustment of goals / Jochen Brandtstädter, Dirk Wentura, and Klaus Rothermund
  • Successful development and aging : the role of selection, optimization, and compensation / Alexandra M. Freund, Karen Z.H. Li, and Paul B. Baltes
  • Emotional learning and mechanisms of intentional psychological change / Karen S. Quigley and Lisa Feldman Barrett
  • Action regulation, coping, and development / Ellen A. Skinner.