“…When the framework incorporates a phenomenological component (Spencer, 1995(Spencer, , 2007, it allows us to examine the role of context, culture, intra-subjective experiences, and social and emotional states, appraisal, meaning making, and other factors in explaining human development. In particular, the framework allows us to examine the variability and stability in developmental range, sequencing, and pacing of behavior, complex skill acquisition, adaptive capacities, resilience, and performance, and how these become stable and transferable to new situations over time (Bornstein, 2017;Fischer & Bidell, 2006). Skill development and meaning making are contextually and culturally circumscribed.…”