Handbook of Integrative Developmental Science

This book brings together a diverse collection of essays discussing integrative theory and practice in developmental science across the lifespan that not only illustrate the comprehensive scope of dynamic skill theory, but also forge new research directions for the field.

Michael F. Mascolo is Professor of Psychology at Merrimack College, US. Thomas R. Bidell is an independent scholar who formerly taught at Boston College.

List of Contributors What is an Integrative Theory of Development - And Why Do We Need One? FOUNDATIONS - Philosophical Background to Integrative Theories of Human Development - Between the Natural and the Normative: The Concept of Development in Integrative Theories of Human Development - Equilibration, Development, and Epistemic Adequacy - Dynamic Skill Theory: An Integrative Model of Psychological Development METHODS FOR AN INTEGRATIVE PSYCHOLOGY OF DEVELOPMENT - Methodology without the Method: Re-building Psychology into a Developmental Science - Education and Development as Complex Dynamic Agent Systems: How Theory Informs Methodology CHANGE PROCESSES: HOW DEVELOPMENT HAPPENS - Epigenesis without Preformationism: Taking Development Seriously - Motor Experience and Action Understanding: A Developmental Systems Perspective - Of Interest and Engagement: The Emotional Force of Learning and Development - From Reflex to Meaning via Shared Routines - The Puzzle of Microdevelopment: Variability, Fractals, and Why Developmental Change is So Different and Still the Same - The Cultural Framing of Development PATHWAYS AND PROCESSES WITHIN AND BETWEEN PSYCHOLOGICAL DOMAINS - One Person, Many Selves: A Relational-Developmental Conception of Self and Personality - The Landscape of Identity: Integrating Commitment Strength and Quality within a Developmental Framework - The Developmental Integration of Self in Relationships - The Relational Origins of Morality and Its Development - Rethinking Educational Assessment in Light of Strong Theory of Development MOVING FORWARD - Looking Forward: Contributions of the Neurocognitive Sciences on Teaching and Learning in the Digital Environment - Steps Toward an Integrative Theory of Psychological Development - Kurt W. Fischer: Developmental Scientist Extraordinaire! - Kurt W. FIscher's Insight Index