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Book SynopsisThis classic work, first published in German in 1926, was the first comprehensive introduction to the field of comparative developmental psychology. In her new prologue to this reprint of the revised edition, Franklin sketches the key events in Werner's life, the major themes in his concept, and relevant issues for today's scholars.
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'As psychologists and educators adopt a broader approach that considers the child as a whole, living, feeling person, they will find Heinz Werner's classic work to be of great value.' (William Crain, City College of New York)
'Heinz Werner's seminal work on mental development has provides the kind of generative and rich theoretical framewoerk that contemporary scholars need so much. Vital to anyone who wants to think deeply about developmental psychology.' (Susan L. Engel, Williams College)
'The republication of Comparative Psychology of Mental Development makes available to new generations of developmental scientists and students the creativity, scope, and integrative vision of this master scholar.' (Richard M. Lerner, Tufts University)
Table of Contents
Prologue to the Percheron Press Edition
Foreword by Gordon W. Allport
Book I: Introduction
1. The Fields, The Problems, and The Methods of Developmental Psychology
Book II: Primitive Mental Activities
Part One: Sensori-motor, Perceptual, and Affective Organization
2. The Syncretic Charcter of Primitive Organization
3. Diffuse Forms of Sensorimotor and Perceptual Organization
Part Two: Primitive Imagery
4. Syncretic and Diffuse Organization in Imagery
Part Three: Primitive Notions of Space and Time
5. Primitive Notions of Space
6. Primitive Notions of Time
Part Four: Primitive Action
7. The Nature of Syncretic Action; Action as Bound to the Concrete Situation
8. The Diffuse Character of Primitive Action
Part Five: Primitive Thought Processes
9. Conception
10. The Primary Structure of Thought
11. The Fundamental Ideas of Magic as an Expression of Primitive Conceptualization
Book III: The World and Personality
12. Primitive Worlds and Spheres of Reality
13. Primitive Personality
Addenda
Bibliography
Index
