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`This is an impressive work... and will provide the advanced reader with a rich source of theory and evidence. There is a huge amount to be got from the book and I suspect it will become a key work' - J Gavin Bremner, Department of Psychology, Lancaster University The Handbook of Developmental Psychology is a comprehensive, authoritative yet frontier-pushing overview of the study of human development presented in a single-volume format. It is ideal for experienced individuals wishing for an up-to-date survey of the central themes prevalent to developmental psychology, both past and present, and for those seeking a reference work to help appreciate the subject for the first time. The insightful contributions from world-leading developmental psychologists successfully and usefully integrate different perspectives to studying the subject, following a systematic life-span structure, from pre-natal development through to old age in human beings. The Handbook then concludes with a substantive section on the methodological approaches to the study of development, focusing on both qualitative and quantitative techniques. This unique reference work will be hugely influential for anyone needing or wishing for a broad, yet enriched understanding of this fascinating subject. It will be a particularly invaluable resource for academics and researchers in the fields of developmental psychology, education, parenting, cultural and biological psychology and anthropology.
Probabilistic Epigenesis of Development
Probabilistic Epigenesis of Development
The current definition of epigenesis holds that individual development is characterized by an increase in novelty and complexity of organization over time. Thus, new structural and functional properties arise sequentially over the course of development. The emergence of these structural and functional novelties is a consequence of horizontal and vertical coactions among the parts, including organism–environment coactions (Gottlieb, 1991). The early formulation of epigenesis around the 1800s did not recognize the coactional nature of epigenetic causality but, rather, saw the epigenesis of the embryo as a consequence of a formative drive (review in Müller-Sievers, 1997). In the late 1800s, with the advent of experimental embryology, the causal role of interactions among the embryo's bodily parts in bringing about ...
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