Ethical issues of psychological development /
Burg.
- x, 312 pages ; 27 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Conception through birth -- Adolescence -- Relationship with parents -- Development throughout adulthood, middle age and old age -- Environment and perception -- Emotional development -- Moral development -- Psychology and common childhood problems.
"The scientific study of psychological development focuses on how and why people evolve throughout their lives. The field, which was first focused on newborns and young children, has now broadened to cover puberty, adult development, ageing, and the full lifetime. Physical development, cognitive development, and socio-emotional development are the three main areas of change that are examined in this field. A wide range of themes, such as motor skills, executive functions, moral understanding, language acquisition, social transformation, personality, emotional development, self-concept, and identity formation, fall under these three categories. To offer the topic a more thorough treatment, the discussion and analysis in this book have been restricted to the physiological and psychological domains. It is hoped that more teachers and academics would embrace the book. Researchers, scholars, and students in the subjects of psychology, sociology, child development, family studies, and other relevant professions will find the book interesting"-- Back cover.