| A HISTORICAL INTERLUDE |
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| THEMES OF DEVELOPMENT |
| Biological versus Environmental Influences |
| The Active versus the Passive Child |
| Continuity versus Discontinuity |
| Situational Influences versus Individual Characteristics |
| Cultural Universals versus Cultural Relativism |
| Risk and Resilience |
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| THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES ON DEVELOPMENT |
| Learning Perspectives |
| Cognitive Developmental Perspectives |
| Psychodynamic Perspectives |
| Systems Theory Perspectives |
| Ethological Theory |
| Life Span Perspective |
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| DEVELOPMENTAL THEMES AND THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES: AN OVERVIEW |
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| SUMMARY |