Systems and Development

Abstract

"Papers presented at the 22nd Minnesota Symposium on Child Psychology, held October 29-31, 1987 at the University of Minnesota"--Preface. Ontogeny and the central dogma : do we need the concept of genetic programming in order to have an evolutionary perspective? / Susan Oyama -- Developmental roots of behavioral order : systemic approaches to the examination of core developmental issues / John C. Fentress -- Self-organization in developmental processes : can systems approaches work / Esther Thelen -- The developing family system / Jay Belsky, Michael Rovine, Margaret Fish -- Some amplifying mechanisms for pathologic processes in families / G.R. Patterson, C.L. Bank -- Commentary : process and systems / Frances Degen Horowitz -- Commentary : general systems and the regulation of development / Arnold J. Sameroff.