Psychological and Social Structures

ISBN-13: 9780367495190 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 326 str.

Sandor B. Brent

Opis

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.

Spis treści

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.

O autorze

Sandor B. Brent