1st Edition
Dynamics and indeterminism in Developmental and Social Processes
304 Pages
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Psychology Press
302 Pages
by
Psychology Press
304 Pages
by
Psychology Press
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One of the most profound insights of the dynamic systems perspective is that new structures resulting from the developmental process do not need to be planned in advance, nor is it necessary to have these structures represented in genetic or neurological templates prior to their emergence. Rather, new structures can emerge as components of the individual and the environment self-organize; that is,... Read more
Contents: A. Fogel, M.C.D.P. Lyra, J. Valsiner, Introduction: Perspectives on Indeterminism and Development Part I:Determinacy and Indeterminacy: Theoretical and Philosophical Perspectives. P. van Geert, Que Será, Será: Determinism and Nonlinear Dynamic Model Building in Development. A. Gulerce, Change in the Process of Change: Coping With Indeterminism. A. Fogel, A.U. Branco, Metacommunication as a Source of Indeterminism in Relationship Development. M.C.D.P. Lyra, T. Winegar, Proccesual Dynamics of Interaction Through Time: Adult-Child Interactions and the Process of Development. G. Butterworth, Commentary: Determinacy and Indeterminacy: Theoretical and Philosophical Perspectives. Part II:Theoretical Approaches to Peer Interaction Processes. Z. de Moraes Ramos de Oliveira, J. Valsiner, Play and Imagination: The Psychological Construction of Novelty. M.I. Pedrosa, A.M.A. Carvalho, A. Império-Hamburger, From Disordered to Ordered Movement: Attractor Configuration and Development. A.L.B. Smolka, M.C.R. De Goés, A. Pino, (In)Determinacy and the Semiotic Constitution of Subjectivity. C. Lightfoot, Commentary: Transforming the Canonical Cowboy: Notes on the Determinacy and Indeterminacy of Children's Play and Cultural Development. G. Litvinovic, Commentary: The Semiotic Argument for Indeterminism in Development. Part III:Theoretical Approaches to Individual Developmental Processes. M.D. Lewis, Personality Self-Organization: Cascading Constraints on Cognition-Emotion Interaction. A. Roazzi, B. Campello de Souza, Epistemology of Cognitive Development Theory. M. Legerstee, Changes in Social-Conceptual Development: Domain-Specific Structures, Self-Organization, and Indeterminism. H. Hurme, Commentary: Cascades on an Epignetic River: Indeterminacy in Cognitive and Personality Development. H. Kojima, Commentary: Looking Backwards and Forward, and the Place for Indeterminism.
Biography
Jaan Valsiner, Alan Fogel, Maria C.D.P. Lyra
"Of interest to faculty, graduate students, and developmentalists in biology, education, sociology, linguistics, and cognition."
—CHOICE"...many of [the chapters] present interesting and refreshing ideas."
—Infancia Y Aprendizaje
