1st Edition

Chaos And Complexity Implications For Psychological Theory And Practice

By Michael R. Butz Copyright 1997
294 Pages
by CRC Press

304 Pages
by CRC Press

304 Pages
by CRC Press

The nature of this book is to emphasize the inherent complexity and richness of the human experience of change. Now, the author believes there to be an acceptable "scientific" explanation for this phenomona. Explored here are 30 years of studies to describe nonlinear dynamics, today termed either chaos theory or complexity theory. The connotations of both theories are discussed at length. Offering... Read more
Foreword, Preface, Acknowledgments, PART 1: CHAOS, COMPLEXITY, AND PSYCHOLOGY, PART 2: APPLYING CHAOS AND COMPLEXITY TO PSYCHOLOGY, PART 3: AN INDIVIDUAL IN CHAOS, PART 4: CHAOS AND COMPLEXITY IN RELATIONS, PART 5: ACROSS DISCIPLINES AND ON TOWARD THE HORIZON, References, Endnotes, Index

Biography

Michael R. Butz