Human Development in the Twenty-First Century Visionary Ideas from Systems Scientists

Name: Human Development in the Twenty-First Century Visionary Ideas from Systems Scientists
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ISBN: 9780521881975

ISBN-10: 0521881978

ISBN-13: 9780521881975

Edition: 2008

Authors: Alan Fogel, Barbara J. King, Stuart G. Shanker

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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 engaging, 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…

Book details

List price: $124.99
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 12/20/2007
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 270
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.232
Language: English



List of contributors


Introduction: Why a dynamic systems approach to fostering human development?




Dynamic relationships between genetics and environments



Developmental dynamics: the new view from the life sciences




Genes, experience, and behavior




How dynamic systems have changed our minds




Individual development as a system of coactions: implications for research and policy




Gene-environment interactions and inter-individual differences in rhesus monkey behavioral and biological development




The dynamic system of the child in the family



Relationships that support human development




The impact of emotions and the emotional impact of a child's first words




Emotional habits in brain and behavior: a window on personality development




Creating family love: an evolutionary perspective




The dynamic system of the child in social and physical environment



The tempest: anthropology and human development




An anthropology of human development: what difference does it make?




The social child




Learning about human development from a study of educational failure




Dynamic views of education




Embodied communication in non-human animals




Children in the living world: why animals matter for children's development




Dynamic systems approaches to mental health



A dynamic developmental model of mental health and mental illness




Dyadic microanalysis of mother-infant communication informs clinical practice




Current problems of Japanese youth: some possible pathways for alleviating these problems from the perspective of dynamic systems theory




A different way to help




Why do siblings often turn out very differently?




A dynamic systems approach to understanding family and peer relationships: implications for effective interventions with aggressive youth




Prenatal substance exposure and human development




Conclusions and outlook



A dynamic systems approach to the life sciences



Index