Sandor B Brent

Psychological and Social Structures

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Originally published in 1984, this work is organised in three parts. Part 1 explores what a structure is. Part 2 critically explores the dynamic (energic) conceptualization of psychological and social phenomena. Part 3 brings all these earlier considerations to bear upon the processes by which these structures grow and develop.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: CRC Press
• Seitenzahl: 326
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. Februar 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 467g
• ISBN-13: 9780367495398
• ISBN-10: 0367495392
• Artikelnr.: 62635332

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements. General Introduction. Part 1: Form, Function, and
Organization: The Statics of Structural Theory 1. The Concept of Structure
2. Function and Content 3. Macroeconomic Form and Microcosmic Form and
Microcosmic Constraint 4. Hierarchic Forms of Organization 5. The Nucleate
Form of Organization 6. The Concept of Organization Part 2: Energy,
Activity, and Change: The Steady-State Dynamics of Structural Theory 7.
Energy-Information Linkages 8. Stability, Form, and Flexibility 9.
Confirmation, Information, and Adaptation 10. Activity States of a
Structure Part 3: Growth and Development: The Developmental Dynamics of
Structural Theory 11. The Concept of Development 12. The Levels-by-Stages
Model 13. Some Controversial Issues Concerning Levels and Stages 14. The
Orthogenic Ordering Principle 15. Primordial Integration: Independence,
Coaction, and Interaction 16. Primordial Integration: Partial and Full
Integration 17. Differentiation and Specialization 18. Change in Size and
Change in Form. Epilogue. Appendix. References. Author Index. Subject
Index.