Introduction: Ecological realism, dynamic systems, and epigenetic systems approaches to development.

Dent-Read, Cathy; Zukow-Goldring, Patricia

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“…3-4). The epigenetic approach, which has been heavily in uenced by evolutionary theory, focuses on linking non-obvious environmental experiences in uencing development rather than inborn programming (Johnston & Gottlieb, 1981;Dent-Read & Zukow-Goldring, 1997 Gottlieb, 1991). This approach espouses that both genes and environment play a role in the development of the individual, but the roles of genes and the environment are not independent of each other (Valsiner, 1989).…”

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Development of Parenting Skills in Individuals with an Intellectual Impairment: An epigenetic explanation

McGaha¹

2002

Disability & Society

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Current changes in legislation in the United States support the rights of individuals with an intellectual impairment to marry and have children. Current societal views, however, are heavily in uenced by our history of viewing these individuals as inadequate parents. This historical view is based upon the assumption that those with intellectual impairments are genetically inferior. Changing views of development, however, suggest that the issue of how individuals with intellectual impairments develop is somewhat more complex. The epigenetic model is one that proposes that development is the result of the complex transaction between the individual and the environment. This paper applies this model to persons with an intellectual impairment to better understand the parenting skills they display. It is argued that by intervening and changing developmental pathways, the development of parenting skills of those with intellectual impairments can be facilitated.

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Section: The Epigenetic Approach: a New Viewmentioning

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Development of Parenting Skills in Individuals with an Intellectual Impairment: An epigenetic explanation

McGaha¹

2002

Disability & Society

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“…On the direct perception ecological approach perceiving is always occurring, always open and developing/differentiating/integrating, and always a direct "knowing" of the surround through acting in/on it. Direct perception leaves open the relation of perceiving and other types of knowing, and these topics are active areas of research in current ecological psychology research (e.g., McCabe et al, 1986;Dent-Read, 1997;Rader and Vaughn, 2000;Szokolszky, 2006Szokolszky, , 2019Araujo and Davids, 2009;Zukow-Goldring, 2012, 2015;Read and Szokolszky, 2016;Szokolszky et al, 2019). The living systems approach, in contrast, begins by defining cognition, and the definition of perception follows from that initial definition/assumption.…”

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“…"Reciprocal" indicates a relation in which one act is given in return for another; and a "complement" is something that completes, so the environment completes the organism (cf. Dent-Read, 1997).…”

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Ecological Psychology and Enactivism: Perceptually-Guided Action vs. Sensation-Based Enaction1

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Szokolszky

2020

Front. Psychol.

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Ecological Psychology and Enactivism both challenge representationist cognitive science, but the two approaches have only begun to engage in dialogue. Further conceptual clarification is required in which differences are as important as common ground. This paper enters the dialogue by focusing on important differences. After a brief account of the parallel histories of Ecological Psychology and Enactivism, we cover incompatibility between them regarding their theories of sensation and perception. First, we show how and why in ecological theory perception is, crutially, not based on sensation. We elucidate this idea by examining the biological roots of work in the two fields, concentrating on Gibson and Varela and Maturana. We expound an ecological critique of any sensation based approach to perception by detailing two topics: classic retinal image theories and perception in single-celled organisms. The second main point emphasizes the importance of the idea of organism-environment mutuality and its difference from structural coupling of sensations and motor behavior. We point out how ecological-phenomenological methods of inquiry grow out of mutualism and compare Gibson's idea of visual kinesthesis to Merleau-Ponty's idea of the lived body. Third, we conclude that Ecological Psychology and varieties of Enactivism are laying down different paths to pursue related goals. Thus, convergence of Ecological Psychology and Enactivism is not possible given their conflicting assumptions, but cross-fertilization is possible and desirable.

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“…Novelty in ontogeny has usually been attributed either to instructions contained in the genetic code, or to the incorporation of information from the individual's physical or social environment. In both cases, it is assumed that the emergent properties exist prior to their appearance in the developing person, and so are not really a novelty except in the individual (Dent-Read & Zukow-Goldring, 1997;Lautrey, 1998;Thelen, 1989). Systemic theories, however, adopt the principle of self-organization in order to explain novelty.…”

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The systems approach in developmental psychology: fundamental concepts and principles

Tinajero

Páramo

2012

Psic.: Teor. e Pesq.

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-Developmental Psychology seems to have come to an unifying theoretical framework which may make feasible to overcome the fragmentation so frequently referred to within the discipline. This is indicated by the widespread support being given to the systems approach, enriched by dialectic and contextual postulates. In this article, we briefly review the antecedents of this approach and explore its core concepts, indicating their roots and the precise way in which they are applied to developmental analyses today. We also examine the implications of the systems approach for developmental investigation, and its challenges.Keywords: developmental psychology, contextualism, interactionism, systems view. Visão Sistêmica na Psicologia do Desenvolvimento:Conceitos e Princípios Fundamentais RESUMO -A Psicologia do Desenvolvimento parece ter chegado a uma estrutura teórica de trabalho que pode tornar possível vencer a barreira da fragmentação, frequentemente referida na disciplina. Isto pode ser verificado pelo vasto suporte dado a visão dos sistemas, enriquecido pelos postulados contextuais e dialéticos. Neste artigo, nós brevemente revisamos os antecedentes dessa abordagem e exploramos seus conceitos básicos (centrais), indicando suas origens e caminhos precisos nos quais eles são aplicados na análise do desenvolvimento nos dias de hoje. Nós também examinamos as implicações da visão sistêmica para investigação do desenvolvimento e seus desafios.Palavras-chave: psicologia do desenvolvimento, contextualismo, interacionismo e visão sistêmica. Since its origins, Developmental Psychology has been characterized by the coexistence of theoretical perspectives, many of which are considered incompatible. This is the case with Piagetian and classical behavioral approaches, based respectively on organismic and mechanistic meta-theoretical assumptions (Overton & Ennis, 2006).Developmental psychologists frequently denounce the fragmentation of the discipline and have called for a unifying framework. Now may be a suitable moment to achieve this, judging by the support being given to the systems view, enriched by dialectic and contextual postulates. Important figures in current Developmental Psychology such as Bronfenbrenner, Gottlieb, Lerner, Magnusson and Thelen have defended the idea that this perspective may become a "new theoretical framework" to guide any future investigation and interpretation concerning development (Bronfenbrenner & Evans, 2000;Gottlieb, 1997;Lerner, 2006;Magnusson, 1998;Thelen & Smith, 2006). Moreover, this vision appears to be coherent with the assumptions of the new "relational metatheory" proposed by Overton and Ennis (2006) to integrate traditionally opposing worldviews.The aim of the present work is to offer an introductory and synthetic approach to prevailing theoretical assumptions on Developmental Psychology. We start this article by briefly mentioning some core antecedents of the systemic view, then going on to analyze its core concepts. Basing on widely accepted recent system theories, we indi...

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Introduction: Ecological realism, dynamic systems, and epigenetic systems approaches to development.

Abstract: The body repeats the landscape. They are the source of each other and create each other. M. LeSueur, The Ancient People and the Newly Come xplanations of development are themselves developing and evolving.

Cited by 16 publications

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Development of Parenting Skills in Individuals with an Intellectual Impairment: An epigenetic explanation

Development of Parenting Skills in Individuals with an Intellectual Impairment: An epigenetic explanation

Ecological Psychology and Enactivism: Perceptually-Guided Action vs. Sensation-Based Enaction1

The systems approach in developmental psychology: fundamental concepts and principles

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