Toward a Holistic Developmental Psychology

Seymour Wapner and Bernard Kaplan.

Introduction. 1. Change in Structural Size and Change in Organizational Form: A Formal Model for the Relationship Between Growth and Development Sandor B. Brent 2. Piaget, Vygotsky and Werner Joseph A. Glick 3. Genetic-Dramatism: Old Wine in New Bottles Bernard Kaplan 4. A Developmental Approach to Systems Theory George Rand 5. Reflections on Culture and Personality from the Perspective of Genetic-Dramatism Bernard Kaplan 6. An Examination of Studies of Critical Transitions Through the Life Cycle S. Wapner, R.A. Ciottone, G.A. Hornstein, O.V. McNeill and A.M. Pacheco 7. Regression Revisited: Perceptuo-Cognitive Performance in the Aged Robert H. Pollack 8. Process and Achievenment Revisited Edith Kaplan 9. Some Aspects of a Development Analysis of Perception Ricardo B. Morant 10. The Aesthetic Mode of Consciousness Sybil S. Barten 11. Play as the Creation of Imaginary Situations: The Role of Language Margery B. Franklin 12. Concept and Symbol Formation by Infants Jonas Langer 13. Figurative Action from the Perspective of Genetic-Dramatism Leonard Cirillo and Bernard Kaplan. Epilogue. Author Index. Subject Index.