Evolving explanations of development : ecological approaches to organism-environment systems / edited by Cathy Dent-Read, Patricia Zukow-Goldring.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Read, Catherine (Psychologist)

Zukow, Patricia Goldring.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Developmental psychology.

Environmental psychology.

Physical Description:

xv, 601 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Washington, DC : American Psychological Association, [1997]

Summary:

This volume brings together three different ecological approaches to the study of behavioral development - ecological realism (Gibsonian), dynamic systems, and epigenetic systems - in a single source so that commonalities and differences may emerge. Eschewing the mechanistic model of development characteristic of behavioralist, psychodynamic, and cognitive theories, researchers from within these three approaches are forging and testing new theories on how behavior develops. Chapter authors present their respective empirical programs of research and comment more broadly on the advantages and disadvantages of their approaches. The research programs presented include such traditional areas as speech perception and locomotion but also include new topics of investigation such as verbal meaning, remembering, infant-caregiver interactions, tool use, and language emergence. Each chapter is followed by a commentary that fosters the dialogue across these varying perspectives.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

1557983828

OCLC:

35808348