A Dynamic Systems Approach to Development: Applications

by Linda B. Smith (Editor), Esther Thelen (Editor)

Over the last decade, the burgeoning fields of synergetics and nonlinear dynamics have shown in mathematically precise ways how complex systems can produce emergent order from the cooperation of many simpler elements. A Dynamic Systems Approach to Development explores the value of dynamical systems principles for solving the enduring puzzles of development, including the ultimate source of change, the problems of continuity and discontinuities, and nonlinear outcomes and individual differences. "Cognitive Psychology series"

433 pages, Paperback

First published September 21, 1993