Exploring the Dynamics of Human Development
An Integrative Approach
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 19976635 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Catherine Raeff (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Pages | 288 |
| Publication date | 2016-07-05 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | BOOK |
| Venue | Exploring the Dynamics of Human Development (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199328413.001.0001 |
| OpenAlex | W2508718180 |
| ISBN | 9780199328413 |
| Open Library | OL27724407M |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 15 |
Researchers and students in developmental psychology have pointed out that the numerous findings from research about human development seem disconnected and that it is difficult to fit fragmented bits of information together. Studies of separate domains of functioning (e.g., cognition, emotion, language, social relationships, identity) divide the field and there are increasing calls for integrative conceptions of human development.\nIn Exploring the Dynamics of Human Development, Dr. Catherine Raeff constructs a theoretical framework that enables readers to reconcile seemingly disparate information by thinking systematically about dynamic developmental processes. This approach integrates systems theory, organismic-developmental theory, and sociocultural theory, as well as research across cultures and the life span. Raeff brings developmental processes into coherence by building a unified theoretical framework that is organized around the following questions: What develops during development?; What happens during development?; and How does development happen? Using a wide range of illustrative empirical examples, Raeff conceptualizes what happens during development in terms of differentiation and integration and explains how development happens through individual, social, and cultural processes. The framework helps to overcome confusion in the field and explore issues such as individual and cultural variability, looking beyond age-based changed to understand development, and resolving fragmentation by starting with whole person functioning. The framework also opens up new directions for research. This book will be useful to developmentalists, graduate students, upper level undergraduates, and others who seek an integrative understanding of the field as a whole and a systematic way of thinking about and investigating human action and development
Cognitive science · Geography · Income, Poverty, and Inequality · Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare · Psychology · Child · Child development · Child psychology · Cognitive Psychology · Developmental · Social psychology · Thought and thinking
Finally! A Developmental Science that Privileges Development
Reduction to Absurdity
Measuring Youth Perceptions of Being Known and Loved and Positive Youth Development
Weaving a Colorful Cloth
Towards a psychology of free action
From objects to acting
On Being and Becoming Human Through Accompaniment and Telos
Complexity Embraced and Complexity Reduced
Distinguishing among Varied Kinds of Developmental Processes
Development and vulnerability across the lifecourse
Conceptualizing culture in research on parenting and child development
Using the orthogenetic principle to explore the ontogeny of the positive development of Ugandan youth
Making ‘us’ visible
Modeling Pathways of Character Development across the First Three Decades of Life
Who Am I Now as a Mother?” Maternal Identity Negotiation During Children’s College Transition
| Citations per year | 1.5 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2016 - 2026 (11) |
| Highly cited | No |