The Developmental Psychology of Planning: Why, How, and When Do We Plan?

by Sarah L. Friedman (Editor), Ellin Kofsky Scholnick (Editor)

Planning is defined as formulating an organized method for action in advance. Although people do not plan all the time and planning does not occur in every situation, planning skill is central to all human behaviour. There are developmental differences in planning skill and in the motivation to plan. Even among adults, variations in the engagement in the planning process are affected by individual attitudes, beliefs and goals. Planning also has a different meaning at various junctures in one's life. Yet despite the amount of research on planning, many of the studies have focused only on the cognitive processes that enable mature individuals to plan.

396 pages, Hardcover

First published August 1, 1997