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Peer reviewedKitchener, Richard F. – Human Development, 1982
Attempts to clarify the concept of a whole, distinguishes different types of holism (methodological and metaphysical), and explicates what is believed to be the real underlying issues separating holism and atomism. (MP)
Descriptors: Developmental Psychology, Holistic Approach, Individual Development
Peer reviewedKitchener, Richard F. – Human Development, 1996
Examines Piaget's and Vygotsky's conception of the relation of the social to the individual, including individualism versus holism, Piaget's alternative of relationalism, and Vygotsky's views of the nature of the social. Suggests that Piaget's denial and Vygotsky's advocacy of explanatory emergence leads to the question of domain-general versus…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Holistic Approach, Individual Development, Individualism
