Adolescent Vulnerabilities and Opportunities: Developmental and Constructivist Perspectives

Adolescent Vulnerabilities and Opportunities: Developmental and Constructivist Perspectives
ISBN-10
1139502409
ISBN-13
9781139502405
Category
Psychology
Language
English
Published
2011-09-19
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Authors
Judith Smetana, Eric Amsel

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.

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