New approaches to understanding how organisms develop are evolving in the field of developmental psychology. This book brings together for the first time researchers and theorists from three emerging approaches to development: ecological realism, dynamic systems, and epigenetic systems. Within these views, ecological refers to a consideration of the whole organism–environment system, that is, how organisms and environment mutually determine each other throughout development. This eloquent volume will make fascinating reading for researchers and advanced students who are interested in exploring development from an ecological perspective.
List of Contributors
Preface
- Introduction: Ecological Realism, Dynamic Systems, and Epigenetic Systems Approaches to Development
—Cathy Dent-Read and Patricia Zukow-Goldring - An Ecological Psychologist's Prolegomena for Perceptual Development: A Functional Approach
—Eleanor J. Gibson
I. Ecological Realism
- An Ecological Approach to Infants' Perception of Intonation Contours as Meaningful Aspects of Speech
—Robin Panneton Cooper - Comment on Cooper
—Timothy D. Johnston
- Early Development of the Ecological Self
—Philippe Rochat - Comment on Rochat
—Paula Fitzpatrick
- Change and Variation in Responses to Perceptual Information
—Nancy de Villiers Rader - Comment on Rader
—Edward S. Reed
- On the Early Development of Predictive Abilities
—Claes von Hofsten - Comment on von Hofsten
—Karl M. Newell
- A Social Ecological Realist Approach to the Emergence of the Lexicon: Educating Attention to Amodal Invariants in Gesture and Speech
—Patricia Zukow-Goldring - Comment on Zukow-Goldring
—Timothy D. Johnston
- A Naturalistic Study of Metaphor Development: Seeing and Seeing As
—Cathy Dent-Read - Comment on Dent-Read
—Katherine A. Loveland
- The Development of Tool Use: Changing Boundaries Between Organism and Environment
—A. W. Smitsman - Comment on Smitsman
—Edward S. Reed
- Perceptual Learning, Categorizing, and Cognitive Development
—Anne D. Pick- Comment on Pick
—Karl M. Newell
II. Dynamic Systems
- A Dynamical Systems Perspective on the Development of Complex Adaptive Skill
—Jane E. Clark - Comment on Clark
—Karl M. Newell
- Information, Creativity, and Culture
—Alan Fogel- Comment on Fogel
—Reuben M. Baron and Endre Kadar
III. Epigenetic Systems
- The Effects of Nonobvious Forms of Experience on the Development of Instinctive Behavior
—David B. Miller - Comment on Miller
—Timothy D. Johnston
- Perspectives on an Ecological Approach to Social Communicative Development in Infancy
—James A. Green and Gwen E. Gustafson - Comment on Green and Gustafson
—Timothy D. Johnston
Epilogue: Where Does the Animal End and the Environment Begin…And End?
—Patricia Zukow-Goldring and Cathy Dent-Read
Author Index
Subject Index
About the Editors
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