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Roger Gould is an American writer, psychiatrist and authority on adult psychological development . In his book Transformations, [1] Gould presents his view that adult psychological development consists of the "dismantling of the illusions of safety developed in childhood". [2] Gould's theory suggests that these illusions are confronted in a ...
Roger V. Gould (October 12, 1962 – April 29, 2002) was an American sociologist who emphasized the importance of basing theories upon research into actual events. Gould was born Roger van Blerkom Benjamin in Brookline, Massachusetts and largely grew up in Manhattan. Gould was the son of two writers, both former journalists, Lois Gould and ...
The psychology of learning refers to theories and research on how individuals learn. There are many theories of learning. Some take on a more behaviorist approach which focuses on inputs and reinforcements. [ 1][ 2][ 3] Other approaches, such as neuroscience and social cognition, focus more on how the brain's organization and structure ...
Student development theory refers to a body of scholarship that seeks to understand and explain the developmental processes of how students learn, grow, and develop in post-secondary education. [ 1][ 2] Student development theory has been defined as a “collection of theories related to college students that explain how they grow and develop ...
Developmental psychology is the scientific study of how and why humans grow, change, and adapt across the course of their lives. Originally concerned with infants and children, the field has expanded to include adolescence, adult development, aging, and the entire lifespan. [ 1] Developmental psychologists aim to explain how thinking, feeling ...
Loevinger's stages of ego development are proposed by developmental psychologist Jane Loevinger (1918–2008) and conceptualize a theory based on Erik Erikson's psychosocial model and the works of Harry Stack Sullivan (1892–1949) in which "the ego was theorized to mature and evolve through stages across the lifespan as a result of a dynamic interaction between the inner self and the outer ...
Roger Gould. Roger Gould may refer to: Roger Gould (psychiatrist), American writer and psychiatrist. Roger V. Gould (1962–2002), American sociologist. Roger Gould (rugby union) (born 1957), Australian rugby union player. Category: Human name disambiguation pages.
Inspired by Theosophy, Rudolf Steiner (b.1861) had developed a stage theory based on seven-year life phases. Three childhood phases (conception to 21 years) are followed by three stages of development of the ego (21–42 years), concluding with three stages of spiritual development (42-63). The theory is applied in Waldorf education [15]