| Adolescent Vulnerabilities and Opportunities: Developmental and Constructivist Perspectives Contributor(s): Amsel, Eric (Editor), Smetana, Judith (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1107423600 ISBN-13: 9781107423602 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $39.89 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2014 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Psychology | Developmental - Adolescent |
| Dewey: 155.5 |
| Series: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Knowledge and Development |
| Physical Information: 0.48" H x 6" W x 9" (0.68 lbs) 228 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |
Contributor Bio(s): Amsel, Eric: - Eric Amsel teaches at Weber State University, where he is University Distinguished Professor and Chair of the Psychology Department. He has also taught at the University of Saskatchewan and Vassar College. Amsel has published three other books: The Development of Scientific Thinking Skills (1998, with Deanna Kuhn and Michael O'Loughlin); Change and Development: Issues of Theory, Method and Application (1998, with K. Ann Renninger); and Language, Literacy, and Cognitive Development: The Development and Consequences of Symbolic Communication (2002, with James P. Byrnes). He has also published more than 20 journal articles in such journals as Child Development, Cognition, Cognitive Development, Developmental Psychology, the Journal of Research in Adolescence and New Ideas in Psychology. Amsel is Associate Editor of New Ideas of Psychology. He also serves as a Board Member and is past Vice President of the Jean Piaget Society and is currently Past President of the Rocky Mountain Psychology Association. Amsel was awarded the Weber State University Hinckley Fellowship and was Carnegie/Case Utah Professor of the Year. |