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9780521881975

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

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  • ISBN13:

    9780521881975

  • ISBN10:

    0521881978

  • Edition: 1st
  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2008-01-24
  • Publisher: Cambridge University Press

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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 realm of application and policy. The authors use real-life examples to propose changes in clinical, educational and policy-making practices that will be of interest to professionals and practitioners alike.

Table of Contents

List of contributorsp. viii
Introduction: Why a dynamic systems approach to fostering human development?p. 1
Dynamic relationships between genetics and environmentsp. 9
Developmental dynamics: the new view from the life sciencesp. 11
Genes, experience, and behaviorp. 18
How dynamic systems have changed our mindsp. 25
Individual development as a system of coactions: implications for research and policyp. 41
Gene-environment interactions and inter-individual differences in rhesus monkey behavioral and biological developmentp. 48
The dynamic system of the child in the familyp. 55
Relationships that support human developmentp. 57
The impact of emotions and the emotional impact of a child's first wordsp. 65
Emotional habits in brain and behavior: a window on personality developmentp. 72
Creating family love: an evolutionary perspectivep. 81
The dynamic system of the child in social and physical environmentp. 89
The tempest: anthropology and human developmentp. 91
An anthropology of human development: what difference does it make?p. 104
The social childp. 112
Learning about human development from a study of educational failurep. 119
Dynamic views of educationp. 128
Embodied communication in non-human animalsp. 136
Children in the living world: why animals matter for children's developmentp. 147
Dynamic systems approaches to mental healthp. 155
A dynamic developmental model of mental health and mental illnessp. 157
Dyadic microanalysis of mother-infant communication informs clinical practicep. 176
Current problems of Japanese youth: some possible pathways for alleviating these problems from the perspective of dynamic systems theoryp. 188
A different way to helpp. 200
Why do siblings often turn out very differently?p. 206
A dynamic systems approach to understanding family and peer relationships: implications for effective interventions with aggressive youthp. 216
Prenatal substance exposure and human developmentp. 225
Conclusions and outlookp. 233
A dynamic systems approach to the life sciencesp. 235
Indexp. 254
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