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Heinz Werner: A Forgotten Pioneer in Developmental Sciences

Heinz Werner: A Forgotten Pioneer in Developmental Sciences

Hardcover

Series: Methodologies in Developmental Sciences

General EducationGeneral Psychology

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ISBN10: 303211599X
ISBN13: 9783032115997
Publisher: Springer
Published: Apr 7 2026
Pages: 296
Weight: 1.29
Height: 0.86 Width: 6.41 Depth: 9.46
Language: English
This book's aim is to rescue from oblivion the work of a forgotten founder of developmental psychology: Austrian psychologist Heinz Werner. Based on the Orthogenetic Principle, Werner created a structuralist-systemic way of understanding organismic development as genetic processes always leading parts of a system to increasing levels of differentiation and hierarchical integration in relation to the whole system. This made him one of the pioneers of developmental sciences along with figures such as James Baldwin, Lev Vygotsky and Jean Piaget. Werner, however, has never enjoyed the same degree of recognition as his peers and his work started to fall into oblivion by the end of the 20th century.

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