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1. The Evolutionary Origins of Developmental Psychology

   Edited by Robert H. Wozniak

   Series: History of Psychology

   Developmental psychology emerged within the evolutionary, progressive thought of the later part of the 19th century. Concerned with processes by which new forms develop and new phenmena emerge, evolutionary thinking turned readily to the natural history of childhood. In 1877, the great biologist,...

   Published September 27th 1995 by Routledge
2. The Roots of Behaviourism

   Edited by Robert H. Wozniak

   Series: History of Psychology

   In his 1913 behaviourist manifesto John B Watson urged psychologists to adopt "a unitary scheme of animal response...(that) recognizes no dividing line between man and brute." His call was heeded. By the 1930s, methodological behaviourism and animal behaviour research were dominant features of the...

   Published September 22nd 1993 by Routledge
3. Development in Context

   Acting and Thinking in Specific Environments

   Edited by Robert H. Wozniak, Kurt W. Fischer

   Series: Jean Piaget Symposia Series

   In this volume leading developmentalists address the question of how children's thinking develops in context by drawing on the theories of Vygotsky, Gibson, and Piaget. Analyses of the ecology and the dynamics of behavior have become popular, emphasizing the particulars of people acting in specific...

   Published April 30th 1993 by Psychology Press