Developmental Science And The Holistic Approach

Download or read book Developmental Science and the Holistic Approach written by Lars R. Bergman and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2000-01-01 with total page 557 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is the outcome of a symposium where leading researchers, mainly in developmental psychology, came together to discuss the implications of the emerging developmental science and the holistic approach. In doing this, the authors wanted to honor a distinguished colleague, David Magnusson, and his career-long contributions to this field. The purpose of the book is to discuss the profound implications for developmental science of the holistic paradigm, especially with regard to the individual development within psychology. Against the background of their own empirical, theoretical, or methodological research, the authors have tried to identify what is needed for the developmental theory and methods within this paradigm and discuss possibilities and limitations in relation to conventional approaches.