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Molenaar, Peter C. M. – International Journal of Developmental Science, 2015
In this article, Peter Molenaar responds to three commentaries (this issue) on his article, "An Interpretation of Part of Gilbert Gottlieb's Legacy: Developmental Systems Theory Contra Developmental Behavior Genetics." He addresses aspects of relational developmental systems (RDS) mentioned and questions raised in each of the…
Descriptors: Systems Approach, Genetics, Behavior Development, Behavior Theories
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von Eye, Alexander – International Journal of Developmental Science, 2015
The concepts and paradigms "development", "evolution", and "developmental behavior genetics" target, in their statements, populations. The laws of genetics and evolution are supposed to apply to every single case in a population. It can be counted among the major contributions of Gottlieb (1992, 1995) to have pointed…
Descriptors: Individual Differences, Individual Development, Scientific Research, Genetics
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Bergman, Lars R. – International Journal of Developmental Science, 2015
Molenaar's (2015) article concerns Developmental Systems Theory (DST) in relation to behavior genetics and he presents implications of DST for empirical research, especially the need for subject-specific studies. In this commentary, the article is discussed from a broader developmental science perspective, particularly regarded through the lens of…
Descriptors: Individual Differences, Genetics, Behavior Theories, Behavior Development
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Molenaar, Peter C. M. – International Journal of Developmental Science, 2015
The main theme of this paper concerns the persistent critique of Gilbert Gottlieb on developmental behavior genetics and my reactions to this critique, the latter changing from rejection to complete acceptation. Concise characterizations of developmental behavior genetics, developmental systems theory (to which Gottlieb made essential…
Descriptors: Genetics, Individual Differences, Criticism, Scientific Research
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Miller, Robert J. – Anthropology and Education Quarterly, 1984
Maintains that Dobbert et al's transmission model (presented earlier in this issue) does not take into account individual receivers' different modes of mapping the transmitted knowledge. Argues that a way of life cannot be transmitted as a unit; each receiver reconstitutes fragmentary information rather than absorbing entire cultural patterns.…
Descriptors: Cognitive Mapping, Cognitive Style, Individual Differences, Systems Approach
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Goldfield, Eugene C. – Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development, 1997
Discusses Adolph's research on locomotion with regard to the requirements of an ecological psychology, especially the use of control laws; her examination of individual styles and normative patterns as it reflects a dynamic systems perspective; and her use of cognitive processes of decision making in explaining why infants approach or avoid a…
Descriptors: Developmental Psychology, Individual Development, Individual Differences, Infant Behavior
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Gottlieb, Gilbert – Developmental Psychology, 1991
Discusses the history of the hierarchical epigenetic systems view as applied to human development and offers examples of its implementation. Notes the agreement by many authors that the multilevel systems view is the right model for developmental psychology in both human and animal studies. (BC)
Descriptors: Behavior Development, Behavior Theories, Behavioral Science Research, Developmental Psychology
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Brehmer, Berndt; Dorner, Dietrich – Computers in Human Behavior, 1993
Discusses experimental work with computer-simulated microworlds as a means for overcoming the tension between laboratory research and field research in psychology. Topics addressed include characteristics of microworlds; examples of microworlds; and three approaches to research with microworlds, including the individual differences approach, case…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Computer Simulation, Field Studies, Individual Differences
Honeycutt, James M.; Norton, Robert W. – 1982
Traditionally the unit of analysis in marital research has been the individual spouse. More recently the marital relationship has often been defined as a process of interaction and dynamic exchanges such that spouses have autonomous needs as well as corporate needs for interdependence. Thus modern systems theory heightens the importance of both…
Descriptors: Cluster Analysis, Communication Research, Higher Education, Individual Differences
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Brandt, Ron – Educational Leadership, 1992
A Deming expert explains that his 14 principles are no recipe but must be combined with the theory of profound knowledge, which poses essential questions and recognizes the importance of human variation, intrinsic motivation, and external rewards. She also debunks grading, formal teacher evaluation, tracking, and decentralized management. (MLH)
Descriptors: Centralization, Cognitive Style, Consultants, Educational Quality
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Salomon, Gavriel – Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, 1992
To shift educational research's focus from the rigorous study of individuals to whole learning environments, a systemic view of the classroom is proposed, with a list of seven generic components of the classroom environment. L. Guttman's Small Space Analysis is used, and a science teaching project illustrates the discussion. (SLD)
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Classroom Research, Cultural Influences, Educational Environment
Wachs, Theodore D. – 2000
Based on the view that individual variability is best understood as the result of influences from multiple domains operating over time, this book describes how different domains of influence operate, describes the operating processes in common to the different influences, and shows how these processes meet the criteria for a full-fledged system.…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Biological Influences, Child Development, Cultural Influences