Development involves constantly changing dynamic systems. The ever-changing child is in constant and reciprocal interaction with a continually changing environment. This environment both is affected by and effects changes in the child. In turn, the child both is affected by and effects changes in the environment. In developmental systems approaches, the person and the environment are in continuous, reciprocal interaction. This textbook will treat psychological development as the outcome of...
Full Transcript
Development involves constantly changing dynamic systems. The ever-changing child is in constant and reciprocal interaction with a continually changing environment. This environment both is affected by and effects changes in the child. In turn, the child both is affected by and effects changes in the environment. In developmental systems approaches, the person and the environment are in continuous, reciprocal interaction. This textbook will treat psychological development as the outcome of progressive interactions between the child and the environment. Neither nature nor nurture alone is responsible for development; both are active and crucial in development. The structures of biology interact with the effects of the environment over the life span of the individ-ual. From the moment of conception, who you are is determined by these ever-changing, ongoing interactions. Although there are many variations of developmental systems theories, they all share the view that development is the result of the interaction of a large number of factors over time. Essentially, the child is part of an integrated system in constant interaction with its environ-ment. Neither nature nor nurture alone is solely responsible for any aspect of development, but all development is a result of the dynamic interplay between these factors. Dynamic systems approaches have had a strong impact on mainstream developmental psychology (Hol-lenstein, 2011; Howe & Lewis, 2005). Richard Lerner (Ford & Lerner, 199
Development involves constantly changing dynamic systems. The ever-changing child is in constant and reciprocal interaction with a continually changing environment. This environment both is affected by and effects changes in the child. In turn, the child both is affected by and effects changes in the environment. In developmental systems approaches, the person and the environment are in continuous, reciprocal interaction. This textbook will treat psychological development as the outcome of...