Development - The History of a Psychological Concept

This book traces the historical roots of psychology's 'developmental idea' back to Christian beliefs from the past two millennia.

List of contents

Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. Development and the origin of psychological concepts; 2. The history of Christianity and the first principles of development: linear time, interiority, structure; 3. The history of education: rearing the elect child; 4. Pascal on the ordering of human time; 5. The normalization of the elect: Locke to Montesquieu; 6. The coining of a developmental theory: Leibniz to Bonnet; 7. Emile: Rousseau's well-ordered developer; 8. Nature versus nurture and cognitive ability testing: historical sketches; Postscript: further targets for historical research.

About the author

Christopher Goodey is a former lecturer in the Faculty of Arts and Social Science at the Open University and the author of A History of Intelligence and 'Intellectual Disability': The Shaping of Psychology in Early Modern Europe (2011).

Summary

Little is known about the history of developmental psychology before it became a formal discipline. This book identifies the previous concepts, chiefly religious ones, from which the developmental idea was drawn. It will interest researchers studying developmental and child psychology, education, and the history of science.

Foreword

This book traces the historical roots of psychology's 'developmental idea' back to Christian beliefs from the past two millennia.

Product details

• Authors: Christopher Goodey, Christopher (The Open University Goodey, Goodey Christopher
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.05.2023
• EAN: 9781108970501
• ISBN: 978-1-108-97050-1
• No. of pages: 217
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy; Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Psychology: general, reference works; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political theories and the history of ideas; PSYCHOLOGY / Developmental / General, Philosophy, Psychology, Philosophy of Science, History of Medicine, Political science & theory, Political science and theory