Humans As Self-Constructing Living Systems

by Ford, Martin E.; Ford, Donald Herbert

• ISBN13: 9780898596670
• ISBN10: 089859667X
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1987-12-01
• Publisher: Lawrence Erlbaum Assoc Inc

Table of Contents

List of Contributors	p. ix
Preface	p. xi
Humans as Self-Constructing Living Systems: An Overview	p. 1
Summary	p. 12
References	p. 44
Methodological Considerations in Modeling Living Systems	p. 47
Introduction	p. 47
Summary	p. 75
References	p. 76
Emotional Development in Infancy	p. 81
Introduction	p. 81
Introduction	p. 121
Prosocial Development in Toddlers: The Patterning of Mother-Infant Interactions	p. 121
DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSIONS	p. 140
References	p. 141
Processes in Young Children's Communicative Functioning and Development	p. 145
Introduction	p. 145
Conclusions	p. 169
References	p. 171
Introduction	p. 177
A Multivariate Study of School-Aged Children's Computer Interest and Use	p. 177
Processes Contributing to Adolescent Social Competence	p. 199
Introduction	p. 199
Conclusions	p. 230
References	p. 230
Introduction	p. 235
The Role of Emotions in an Executive's Workday	p. 235
References	p. 259
Introduction	p. 261
Personal Goals: The Key to Self-Direction in Adulthood	p. 261
Conclusions	p. 283
A Taxonomy of Human Goals and Some Possible Applications	p. 289
Introduction	p. 289
Conclusions	p. 309
References	p. 310
Introduction	p. 313
Dysfunctional Systems: Understanding Pathology	p. 313
Concluding Remarks	p. 339
References	p. 340
Appendix: Analytic Model Of The Human System	p. 342
Implications for Counseling, Psychotherapy, Health, and Human Services of the Living Systems Framework (LSF)	p. 347
Implications for Counseling, Psychotherapy, Health, and Human Services of the Living Systems Framework (LSF)	p. 347
References	p. 374
References	p. 392
Author Index	p. 395
Subject Index	p. 403
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