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van Geert, Paul – Psychological Review, 1998
A dynamic systems model is proposed on the basis of a general developmental mechanism adopted from the theories of J. Piaget and L. S. Vygotsky. In the model, action and experience have a distributed effect on the contents (skills, knowledge, rules, action patterns, etc.) along an abstract developmental distance dimension. (Author/SLD)
Descriptors: Child Development, Developmental Stages, Educational Theories, Models
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Warren, William H. – Psychological Review, 2006
How might one account for the organization in behavior without attributing it to an internal control structure? The present article develops a theoretical framework called behavioral dynamics that integrates an information-based approach to perception with a dynamical systems approach to action. For a given task, the agent and its environment are…
Descriptors: Perception, Physical Environment, Systems Approach, Interaction
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Granic, Isabela; Patterson, Gerald R. – Psychological Review, 2006
The purpose of this article is to develop a preliminary comprehensive model of antisocial development based on dynamic systems principles. The model is built on the foundations of behavioral research on coercion theory. First, the authors focus on the principles of multistability, feedback, and nonlinear causality to reconceptualize real-time…
Descriptors: Systems Approach, Peer Relationship, Child Development, Parent Child Relationship