文档介绍：Adolescent
Psychological Development
Rationality, Morality and Identity
Second Edition
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Adolescent
Psychological Development
Rationality, Morality and Identity
Second Edition
David Moshman
University of Nebraska—Lincoln
LEA
LAWRENCE ERLBAUM ASSOCIATES, PUBLISHERS
2005 Mahwah, New Jersey London
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Moshman, David. Adolescent psychological development: rationality,
morality, and identity / David Moshman.—2nd ed.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0-8058-4829-0 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN 0-8058-4830-4 (pbk.: alk. paper)
1. Adolescent psychology—Textbooks. I. Title.
2004
—dc22 2004046920
CIP
Books published by Lawrence Erlbaum Associates are printed on acid-
free paper, and their bindings are chosen for strength and durability.
Printed in the United States of America
1 0 987654321
To Eric and Michael,
adolescents past and present
Contents
Preface ix
Introduction: Development, Psychology, and Adolescence xv
The Nature of Development xv
Psychological Development xvii
Adolescent Psychological Development xx
I. Cognitive Development
1 Piaget's Theory of Formal Operations 3
Piaget's Theory of Cognitive Development 4
Piaget's Theory of Formal Operations 7
Research on Formal Operations 10
2 The Nature of Rationality 16
Postformal Reasoning 17
Scientific Reasoning 20
Thinking 23
Metacognition 24
Epistemic Cognition 27
Universality and Diversity 33
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