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Brent, Sandor B. – Human Development, 1978
Comments on the potential importance for developmental theory of recent advances in the thermodynamics of "self-organizing" systems by Ilya Prigogine and the Brussels School. Implications of the concepts of classical and modern thermodynamics of structural development for an understanding of psychological evolution and development are…
Descriptors: Conceptual Schemes, Developmental Psychology, Evolution, Models

Bickhard, Mark H. – Human Development, 1979
An argument is presented showing that the postulation of psychological capabilities that are jointly necessary to and specific to other capabilities involves strong theoretical commitments that have not generally been recognized. Examples are drawn from language development and evolution. (SS)
Descriptors: Biological Influences, Developmental Psychology, Evolution, Language Acquisition