Development of Person-context Relations

by Jaan Valsiner

Book Overview

Traditionally, developmental psychology has its focus on individuals. Developmentalists aim to describe regularities in individuals' change and development across time, to explain the processes and mechanisms that are involved in producing change and regularity, and eventually, to design strategies for optimization and modification of developmental pathways. Although the role of contexts has always been of central concern for these purposes, it is...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0805815686
• ISBN13: 9780805815689
• Release Date: May 1995
• Publisher: Psychology Press
• Length: 268 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.5" x 9.2"