Heinz Werner and developmental science

Kluwer Academic/Plenum

2004

400 p.

PATH in psychology

General Introduction: Developmental Science in the making: The role of Heinz WernerJaan Valsiner Basic Life Course: Heinz Werner Part I. THE EUROPEAN ROOTS RE-EXAMINED Chapter 1: The context of the formation of Heinz Werner’s ideasUlrich Müller Chapter 2: Heinz Werner and the Psychological Institute in HamburgKurt Kreppner Chapter 3: The making of a developmental psychologist Rene van der Veer Part II. TOPICS IN DEVELOPMENT: WERNER IN NORTH AMERICA Chapter 4: Metaphor and perceptionLeonard Cirillo Chapter 5: Re-thinking developmentBernie Kaplan -- in interview with Sunil Bhatia and Ingrid E. Josephs Chapter 6: The Sensory-tonic Field Theory of PerceptionSeymour Wapner Part III. THE WORLD AT CLARK: DEVELOPMENT OF THE CONTEXT Chapter 7: The Clark Years: Creating a cultureJennifer Lane, Mariola Magovcevic and Becca K. Solomon Chapter 8: Heinz Werner: Mentor and MenschThomas Mulholland Chapter 9: Werner: Orthogenesis as life styleIrving Hurwitz Chapter 10: Heinz Werner, My Spiritual Grandfather: A Little Giant with Transparent BlindersSandor Brent Chapter 11: Feeling for others: Werner’s interpersonal styleRobert Baker Chapter 12: Personal Experiences with Heinz Werner at Clark UniversityArnold Miller Chapter 13: WernerRecollectedLeonard Cirillo Chapter 14: Relating to Dr. Werner: Past and PresentRoger Bibace Part IV. TRANSFORMING WERNER’S HERITAGE Chapter 15: The Theory of Phenomenal PsychologyLouis Carini Chapter 16: Critical Person-in-Environment Transitions Across the Life SpanSeymour Wapner and Jack Demick Chapter 17: The Primate Phylogeny of Cognitive OntogenyJonas Langer Chapter 18: Werner's Developmental Thought in the Study of Adult PsychopathologyMarion Glick and Edward Zigler Chapter 19: Heinz Werner: Catalyst for a New Way of Understanding and Treating Children on the Autism Spectrum Arnold Miller General Synthesis: Recurring agendas: Integration of Developmental ScienceJaan Valsiner

Heinz Werner (1890-1964) was one of the three key developmental psychologists of the 20th century - along with Jean Piaget and Lev Vygotsky. This book presents an exploration of Werner's ideas and their social contexts - in Vienna in his student years, in Hamburg up to 1933

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