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Human development in the life course : melodies of living /
Drawing on philosophy, the history of psychology and the natural sciences, this book proposes a new theoretical foundation for the psychology of the life course. It features the study of unique individual life courses in their social and cultural environment, combining the perspectives of developmen...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Autores principales: | , , , , , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge :
Cambridge University Press,
2013
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Drawing on philosophy, the history of psychology and the natural sciences, this book proposes a new theoretical foundation for the psychology of the life course. It features the study of unique individual life courses in their social and cultural environment, combining the perspectives of developmental and sociocultural psychology, psychotherapy, learning sciences and geronto-psychology. In particular, the book highlights semiotic processes, specific to human development, that allow us to draw upon past experiences, to choose among alternatives and to plan our futures. Imagination is an important outcome of semiotic processes and enables us to deal with daily constraints and transitions, and promotes the transformation of social representation and symbolic systems – giving each person a unique style, or 'melody', of living. The book concludes by questioning the methodology and epistemology of current life course studies. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xiii, 430 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781461950585 1461950589 9781139019804 1139019805 1139890158 9781139890151 1107460328 9781107460324 1107458846 9781107458840 1107471761 9781107471764 1107468094 9781107468092 |