LP737 week 4

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LP737 Week 4: Constructive-Developmental Theories of Adult Development

Overview This week we turn our attention to "constructive developmental" theories of Adult Development. These thinkers see a role for "construction"--i.e. individuals actively making sense of the world and themselves -- as well as innate processes of growth and change, or "development."

We'll look at three key thinkers: Robert Kegan, Jane Loevinger, and Suzanne Cook-Greuter, and also read about a fifty year study of women's adult development that used Jane Loevinger's theory of adult ego development to help make sense of the findings.

Readings Electronic files for the required readings can be found in a Google folder here (https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1pNPJ_Z9fLcMYIa04K3ETXqhB_1L8qVfl?usp=drive_link) .

Required

Kegan, R. (1982) “Prologue: Construction and Development,” in The Evolving Self, pp. 1-21. Berger, J.G. (2003) “A Summary of the Constructive-Developmental Theory of Robert Kegan,” manuscript, pp. 1-13. Cook-Greuter, S. (2005). Ego development: Nine levels of increasing embrace. Unpublished manuscript.

Helson, R. M., & Mitchell, V. (2020). Women on the river of life: A fifty-year study of adult development. University of California Press, Chapter 8, “Loevinger’s Theory of Ego Development” (https://canvas.williamjames.edu/courses/10838/files/1004903?wrap=1)

Optional

Kegan, R. & Lahey, L. (2016) Chapter 2 “What do we mean by development?” in An Everyone Culture: Becoming a Deliberately Developmental Organization (https://login.williamjames.idm.oclc.org/login? qurl=http://search.ebscohost.com%2flogin.aspx%3fdirect%3dtrue%26db%3dnlebk%26AN%3d1798416%26site% 3dehost-live%26scope%3dsite%26ebv%3dEK%26ppid%3dPage-__-1) , pp. 57-85. (Links to library for access to book)

Lectures and Videos Podcast 4: Phasic vs. Stage Theories

Bill and Dave discuss Phasic vs. Stage theories; Race, Gender and AD; and give advice for Activity B. Warning: what they say about week three is outdated: ignore the last section.

Theories of Adult Development - L4 (linked below)

Kegan's Model of Adult Development - L5 (linked below)