Introduction
The time into which Louis William Stern was born and in which he grew up and studied can be characterized by three general trends: First, there was the belief in a growing understanding of human behavior and in the optimization of human development, second, there was the increasing recognition of the complexity and multitude of human behaviors, and third, there was the position that social conditions had to be taken into account when human behavior and the inequalities in human life had to be explored and explained. The first of these trends was very much linked to a methodology akin to natural sciences; the second had its roots in philosophy and an “understanding” approach when dealing with psychological issues, and the third trend was due to an increasing awareness of social and ecological conditions in which children grow up and what kind of impact these conditions might have on children’s developmental pathways. Under these perspectives, Stern’s life and work stand out...
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Kreppner, K. (2017). Stern, William. In: Zeigler-Hill, V., Shackelford, T. (eds) Encyclopedia of Personality and Individual Differences. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-28099-8_1008-1
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