| Emotion, Development, and Self-Organization: Dynamic Systems Approaches to Emotional Development Contributor(s): Lewis, Marc D. (Editor), Granic, Isabela (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0521525276 ISBN-13: 9780521525275 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $60.79 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2002 Annotation: Presented here for the first time is the idea that emotional development is "self-organizing." It replaces older ideas that genes or environments "control" the process of development. Self-organization is one aspect of a revolutionary approach to science that embraces "chaos theory" and the new "science of complexity." Physicists, chemists, biologists, and other scientists see self-organization as a significant way of explaining patterns in nature. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Psychology | Emotions - Psychology | Developmental - Child - Psychology | Cognitive Psychology & Cognition |
| Dewey: 152.4 |
| LCCN: BF531 E484 2 |
| Series: Cambridge Studies in Social and Emotional Development |
| Physical Information: 0.98" H x 6.32" W x 9.28" (1.58 lbs) 426 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Presented here for the first time is the idea that emotional development is self-organizing. It replaces older ideas that genes or environments control the process of development. Self-organization is one aspect of a revolutionary approach to science that embraces chaos theory and the new science of complexity. Physicists, chemists, biologists, and other scientists see self-organization as a significant way of explaining patterns in nature. |