1st Edition

Handbook of Integrative Developmental Science Essays in Honor of Kurt W. Fischer

Edited By Michael F. Mascolo, Thomas R. Bidell Copyright 2020
536 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

536 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

536 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Although integrative conceptions of development have been gaining increasing interest, there have been few attempts to bring together the various threads of this emerging trend. The Handbook of Integrative Developmental Science seeks ways to bring together classic and contemporary theory and research in developmental psychology with an eye toward building increasingly integrated theoretical... Read more

List of Contributors

What is an Integrative Theory of Development - And Why Do We Need One?, Thomas R. Bidell and Michael F. Mascolo

FOUNDATIONS

  1. Philosophical Foundations for an Integrative Theory of Human Development, Thomas R. Bidell
  2. Between the Natural and the Normative: The Concept of Development in Integrative Theories of Human Development, Zachary Stein (Meridian College) 
  3. Equilibration, Development, and Epistemic Adequacy, Michael Basseches (Department of Psychology, Suffolk University and Universidade de Lisboa) and Angela Brandão (Department of Biology, Universidade de Lisboa)
  4. Dynamic Skill Theory: An Integrative Model of Psychological Development, Michael F. Mascolo 
  5.  

    METHODS FOR AN INTEGRATIVE PSYCHOLOGY OF DEVELOPMENT

  6. Methodology without the Method: Re-building Psychology into a Developmental Science, Jaan Valsiner, (Psychology, Aalborg University, Denmark)
  7. Education and Development as Complex Dynamic Agent Systems: How Theory Informs Methodology. Henderien Steenbeek & Paul Van Geert (Psychology, University of Applied Sciences of Groningen and University of Groningen, The Netherlands)
  8.  

    CHANGE PROCESSES: HOW DEVELOPMENT HAPPENS

  9. Epigenesis without Preformationism, Robert Lickliter (Psychology, University of South Florida) and Hunter Honeycutt (Psychology, Bridgewater College)
  10. Motor Experience and Action Understanding: A Developmental Systems Perspective, Bennett I. Bertenthal
  11. Of Interest and Engagement: The Emotional Force of Learning and Development, Christina Hardway
  12. From Reflex to Meaning via Shared Routines, Jeremy Carpendale, (Simon Fraser University)
  13. The Puzzle of Microdevelopment: Variability, Fractals, and Why Developmental Change is So Different and Still the Same, Nira Granott
  14. The Cultural Framing of Development, Jin Li
  15.  

    PATHWAYS AND PROCESSES WITHIN AND BETWEEN PSYCHOLOGICAL DOMAINS

  16. One Person, Many Selves: A Relational-Developmental Conception of Self and Personality, Michael F. Mascolo (Merrimack College) 
  17. The Landscape of Identity: Integrating Commitment Strength and Quality within a Developmental Framework (Mandy A.E. van der Gaag, Naomi M.P. de Ruiter, E. Saskia Kunnen & Harke A. Bosma, University of Groningen, The Netherlands)
  18. The Developmental Integration of Self in Relationships, Laura M. Hsu and Gabrielle O'Brien
  19. The Relational Origins of Morality and Its Development, Michael F. Mascolo and Allison DiBianca-Fasoli
  20. Rethinking Educational Assessment in Light of Strong Theory of Development, Theo L. Dawson
  21.  

    MOVING FORWARD

  22. Looking Forward: Contributions of the Neurocognitive Sciences on Teaching and Learning in the Digital Environment, Antonio M. Battro (Academia Nacional de Educacion, Argentina)
  23. Steps Toward an Integrative Theory of Psychological Development, Michael F. Mascolo (Merrimack College) and Thomas R. Bidell
  24. Kurt W. Fischer: Developmental Scientist Extraordinaire!, Richard M. Lerner (Tufts University) and Willis F. Overton (Psychology, Temple University)
  25. Kurt W. Fischer's Insight, Jerome Kagan (Harvard University)
  26. Index

Biography

Michael F. Mascolo is Professor of Psychology at Merrimack College, US.

Thomas R. Bidell is an independent scholar who formerly taught at Boston College.