Research Catalog

Title

Human development in the twenty-first century : visionary ideas from systems scientists / edited by Alan Fogel, Barbara J. King, and Stuart G. Shanker.

Publication

Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2008.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Fogel, Alan.
• King, Barbara J., 1956-
• Shanker, Stuart.

Description

x, 259 pages; 24 cm

Summary

"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 collection of 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 current 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 the public alike."--Jacket.

Subject

• 2000-2099
• Social ecology
• Social psychology
• Quality of life
• Statics and dynamics (Social sciences)
• Social history > 21st century
• Ecology
• human ecology
• social psychology
• quality of life
• ecology
• 77.53 developmental psychology
• Ecology
• Quality of life
• Social ecology
• Social history
• Social psychology
• Weltproblematik
• Soziokultureller Wandel
• Nichtlineares System
• Psychosoziale Situation
• Gesellschaft
• Entwicklung
• Systemtheorie
• Ontwikkeling (psychologie)
• Socialpsykologi
• Utvecklingspsykologi
• Human Development
• Social Behavior
• Psychology, Social
• Quality of Life
• Population Dynamics
• Social Environment

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Introduction : Why a dynamic systems approach to fostering human development? / Alan Fogel, Barbara J. King, Stuart G. Shanker -- Part I. Dynamic relationships between genetics and environments. Developmental dynamics : the new view from the life sciences / Robert Lickliter -- Genes, experience, and behavior / Timothy D. Johnston -- How dynamic systems have changed our minds / Ken Richardson -- Individual development as a system of coactions : implications for research and policy / Gilbert Gottlieb, Carolyn Tucker Halpern -- 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. Relationships that support human development / Alan Fogel -- The impact of emotions and the emotional impact of a child's first words / Stuart G. Shanker -- Emotional habits in brain and behavior : a window on personality development / Marc D. Lewis -- Creating family love : an evolutionary perspective / Barbara J. King -- Part III. The dynamic system of the child in social and physical environment. The tempest : anthropology and human development / Peter Gow -- An anthropology of human development : what difference does it make? / Christina Toren -- The social child / Tim Ingold -- Learning about human development from a study of educational failure / Gillian Evans -- Dynamic views of education / Lyette Friedrich Cofer -- Embodied communication in non-human animals / Barbara Smuts -- Children in the living world : why animals matter for children's development / Gail F. Melson -- Part IV. Dynamic systems approaches to mental health. A dynamic developmental model of mental health and mental illness / Stanley I. Greenspan -- Dyadic microanalysis of mother-infant communication informs clinical practice / Beatrice Beebe, Joseph Jaffe -- Current problems of Japanese youth : some possible pathways for alleviating these problems from the perspective of dynamic systems theory / Alan Fogel, Masatoshi Kawai -- A different way to help / George Downing -- Why do siblings often turn out very differently? / Michael E. Kerr -- A dynamic systems approach to understanding family and peer relationships : implications for effective interventions with aggressive youth / Isabela Granic -- Prenatal substance exposure and human development / Daniel S. Messinger, Barry m. Lester -- Part V. Conclusions and outlook. A dynamic systems approach to the life sciences / Alan Fogel [and others].

ISBN

• 9780521881975
• 0521881978
• 9781107403147
• 1107403146
• 9780511489693 (canceled/invalid)
• 0511489692 (canceled/invalid)

LCCN

• 2008295188
• 99819804380

OCLC

• ocn175284081
• 175284081
• SCSB-8804266

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library