Adolescent vulnerabilities and opportunities: constructivist developmental perspectives

This book explores the central importance of adolescents' own activities in their development. This focus harkens back to Jean Piaget's genetic epistemology and provides a theoretically coherent vision of what makes adolescence a distinctive period of development, with unique opportunities...

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Main Authors: Amsel, Eric, Smetana, Judith
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press 07.10.2011
Series:Interdisciplinary approaches to knowledge and development
Subjects:
Adolescence
Adolescent psychology
Constructivism (Psychology)
ISBN:9781107423602, 1107423600
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Summary:This book explores the central importance of adolescents' own activities in their development. This focus harkens back to Jean Piaget's genetic epistemology and provides a theoretically coherent vision of what makes adolescence a distinctive period of development, with unique opportunities and vulnerabilities. An interdisciplinary and international group of contributors explore how adolescents integrate neurological, cognitive, personal, interpersonal and social systems aspects of development into more organized systems.
ISBN:9781107423602
1107423600