Interconnectedness and the individual

• Other Authors: Porter, Nicole S., Bothne, Nancy., Jason, Leonard.
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: New York : Nova Science Publishers, c2009.
• Subjects: Self.; Connectionism.; Nativism (Psychology); Community psychology.; PSYCHOLOGY > Personality.; Selbst.; Konnektionismus.; Nativismus.; Electronic books.
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"This book addresses manifestations and consequences of the concept of the Self from Nativism. Taking an historical perspective, an attempt is made to offer a dynamic systems perspective, and to describe an alternative utilizing examples from: Social Darwinism, genetics, fetal development, brai...

Table of Contents:

• The ecological individual
• Deconstructing Ockham's razor
• Dynamic systems and the individual
• Dynamics of community psychology
• Fixity and social problem
• Evolution of evolutionary theory
• Selection for the best
• History of American eugenics
• German and American pseudoscientific synergy
• Systemic basis of psychobiosocial illnesses
• From eugenics to epigenetics
• Misunderstanding biological heritability
• From epigenetics to epigenesis
• From fixity to neuroplasticity
• Notes of the nature/nurture debate
• Instinct and human nature
• Prenatal experience and familiarity learning
• Critical periods in the first three years
• IQ testing and education in the United States
• Bell curve
• Mechanical interactions and thermodynamics
• Ecological solutions
• Interconnectedness
• Cross cultural perspectives
• International community systems
• International foundational values of social justice
• Research and action that promotes social justice
• Intervention in American values.