How long does it take to read Comparing Theories of Child Development?
R. Murray Thomas
Comparing Theories of Child Development by R. Murray Thomas takes about 10 hours 14 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 10 hours 14 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 1979. 558 pages, about 153,450 words.
21 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 17 hours 3 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 10 hours 14 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 6 hours 24 minutes |
The page count is the median across 7 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Explaining the nature of theories in the field of child development (including why theories are useful and why there are multiple theories), Thomas' highly respected book covers the widest range of theories of any text currently available. Using the following criteria: "Has the theory been popular?," "Has the theory been influential?," and "Is the theory representative of a class or family of theories?," Thomas identifies the goals and describes the findings of more than two dozen theorists and inspects a series of child development issues that bridge a variety of theories. Additionally, Thomas suggests a variety of ways to compare theories and existing explanations of how a child develops.
Subjects: Child psychology, Child development, Kinderpsychologie, Entwicklungspsychologie, Ontwikkelingspsychologie, Psychologie
