Concepts and Theories of Human Development
By R. Lerner. 2026
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Contents: Preface to the Third Edition. Preface to the Second Edition. Preface to the First Edition. Human Development: Facts or Theory? Historical Roots of Human Development Concepts and Theories. Philosophical Models of Development. The Nature-Nurture Controversy: Implications of the Question How? The Continuity-Discontinuity Issue. Resolving the Nature-Nurture Controversy: T.C. Schneirla and the Concept of Levels of Integration. Developmental Systems Theories. Developmental Systems Theories: The Sample Case of Developmental Contextualism. Life-Span, Action Theory, Life-Course, and Bioecological Perspectives. Nature Approaches to Human Development: Behavioral Genetics. Nature Approaches to Development: The Sample Case of Intelligence and the Work of Sir Cyril Burt and Arthur Jensen. Nature Approaches to Development: Konrad Lorenz and the Concept of "Instinct." Nature Approaches to Development: Sociobiology. Cognition and Development: From Neo-Nativism to Developmental Systems. Stage Theories of Development. The Differential Approach. The Ipsative Approach to Development. Methodological Issues in the Study of Human Development. Applied Developmental Science.
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- Positive Youth Development, Participation in Community Youth Development Programs, and Community Contributions of Fifth-Grade Adolescents (2005, background): “10.1177/0272431604272461JOURNAL OF EARLY ADOLESCENCE / February 2005Lerner et al. / POSITIVE YOUTH DEVELOPME T Positive Youth Development, Participation in Community Youth Development Programs, and Community Contributions of Fifth-Grade Adolescents:”
- An integrative review of sport-based youth development literature (2017, background): “Historically, youth development was approached from a deficit perspective, where the healthy progression of youth was equated to a reduction in risky conduct and negative behaviour (Damon 2004; Lerner 2002; Lerner et al. 2005).”