Embodiment and Epigenesis: Theoretical and Methodological Issues in Understanding the Role of Biology Within the Relational Developmental System: Part

ISBN-13: 9780123979476 / Angielski / Twarda / 2013 / 432 str.

Richard M Lerner

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Volume 44 of Advances in Child Development and Behavior includes chapters that highlight some the most recent research in the area of embodiment and epigenesis. A wide array of topics are discussed in detail, including cytoplasmic inheritance redux, emergence, self organization and developmental science, and the evolution of intelligent developmental systems. Each chapter provides in-depth discussions, and this volume serves as an invaluable resource for developmental or educational psychology researchers, scholars, and students.

• Chapters that highlight some of the most recent research in the area
• A wide array of topics are discussed in detail

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Embodiment and Epigenesis: A View of the Issues

1. Relationism and Relational-Developmental-Systems: A Paradigm for Developmental Science in the Post-Cartesian Era
2. Developmental Systems Theory: What Does it Explain, and How Does It Explain It?
3. Emergence, Self Organization and Developmental Science
4. The Evolution of Intelligent Developmental Systems
5. Embodiment and Agency: Toward a Holistic Synthesis for Developmental Science
6. The Origins of Variation: Evolutionary Insights from Developmental Science
7. Cytoplasmic Inheritance Redux
8. Evolutionary Psychology: A House Built on Sand
9. A Contemporary View of Genes and Behavior: Complex Systems and Interactions
10. Genetic Causation: A Cross Disciplinary Inquiry
11. Pathways by which the interplay of organismic and environmental factors lead to phenotypic variation within and across generations