Human Development in the Twenty-First Century (eBook, PDF)

Visionary Ideas from Systems Scientists
Redaktion: Fogel, Alan

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Produktbeschreibung

How do human beings develop and function in relation to the human and natural world? The science of dynamic systems focuses on connections and relationships between people rather than on individual actions alone. This 2007 collection of engaging, non-technical essays, written by dynamic systems scientists in psychology, biology, anthropology, education, and sociology, challenges us to consider novel ways to enhance human development worldwide in the face of poverty, violence, neglect, disease and crises in our families. Focusing specifically on how to think about interventions and policies that will benefit human development from a systems perspective, this book brings research into the realm of application and policy. The authors use real-life examples to propose changes in clinical, educational and policy-making practices that will be of interest to professionals and practitioners alike.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. Dezember 2007
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780511373145
• Artikelnr.: 38212593

Autorenporträt

Alan Fogel is Professor of Psychology in the Department of Psychology at the University of Utah. He has written and edited many books including Change Processes in Relationships: A Relational-Historical Research Approach (Cambridge, 2006).
Barbara J. King is Professor in the Department of Anthropology at the College of William Mary. She is the Editor of the Journal of Developmental Processes.
Stuart G. Shanker is Distinguished Research Professor of Philosophy and Psychology at York University, Toronto where he is also President of the Council for Early Child Development and Director of the Milton and Ethel Harris Research Initiative.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface: the dynamic systems approach to fostering human development Alan
Fogel, Barbara J. King and Stuart G. Shanker; Part I. Dynamic Relationships
between Genetics and Environments: 1. Developmental dynamics: the new view
from the life sciences Robert Lickliter; 2. Genes, experience and behaviour
Timothy D. Johnston; 3. How dynamic systems have changed our minds Ken
Richardson; 4. Individual development as a system of coactions:
implications for research and policy Gilbert Gottlieb and Carolyn Tucker
Halpern; 5. Gene-environment interactions and inter-individual differences
in rhesus monkey behavioral and biological development Stephen J. Suomi;
Part II. The Dynamic System of the Child in the Family: 6. Relationships
that support human development Alan Fogel; 7. The impact of emotions and
the emotional impact of a child's first words Stuart G. Shanker; 8.
Emotional habits in brain and behaviour: a window on personality
development Marc D. Lewis; 9. Creating family love: an evolutionary
perspective Barbara J. King; Part III. The Dynamic System of the Child in
Social and Physical Environment: 10. The tempest: anthropology and human
development Peter Gow; 11. An anthropology of human development: what
difference does it make? Christina Toren; 12. The social child Tim Ingold;
13. Learning about human development from a study of educational failure
Gillian Evans; 14. Dynamic views of education Lynette Friedrich Cofer; 15.
Embodied communication in non-human animals Barbara Smuts; 16. Children in
the living world: why animals matter for children's development Gail F.
Melson; Part IV. Dynamic Systems Approaches to Mental Health: 17. A dynamic
developmental model of mental health and mental illness Stanley I.
Greenspan; 18. Dyadic microanalysis of mother¿infant communication informs
clinical practice Beatrice Beebe and Joseph Jaffe; 19. Current problems of
Japanese youth: some possible pathways for alleviating these problems from
the perspective of dynamic systems theory Alan Fogel and Masatoshi Kawai;
20. A different way to help George Downing; 21. Why do siblings often turn
out very differently? Michael E. Kerr; 22. A dynamic systems approach to
understanding family and peer relationships: implications for effective
interventions with aggressive youth Isabela Granic; 23. Prenatal substance
exposure and human development Daniel S. Messinger and Barry M. Lester;
Part V. Conclusions and Outlook: 24. Dynamic systems methods for the life
sciences Alan Fogel, Stanley Greenspan, Barbara J. King, Robert Lickliter,
Pedro Reygadas, Stuart G. Shanker and Christina Toren.