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1. Cultural Realities of Being

   Abstract ideas within everyday lives

   Edited by Nandita Chaudhary, S. Anandalakshmy, Jaan Valsiner

   Series: Cultural Dynamics of Social Representation

   Cultural Realities of Being offers a dialogue between academic activity and everyday lives by providing an interface between several perspectives on human conduct. Very often, academic pursuits are arcane and obscure for ordinary people, this book will attempt to disentangle these dialogues,...

   To Be Published October 15th 2013 by Routledge
2. Dynamics and indeterminism in Developmental and Social Processes

   Edited by Alan Fogel, Maria C.D.P. Lyra, Jaan Valsiner

   One of the most profound insights of the dynamic systems perspective is that new structures resulting from the developmental process do not need to be planned in advance, nor is it necessary to have these structures represented in genetic or neurological templates prior to their emergence. Rather,...

   Published December 31st 1996 by Psychology Press
3. Development of Person-context Relations

   Edited by Thomas A. Kindermann, Jaan Valsiner

   Traditionally, developmental psychology has its focus on individuals. Developmentalists aim to describe regularities in individuals' change and development across time, to explain the processes and mechanisms that are involved in producing change and regularity, and eventually, to design strategies...

   Published April 30th 1995 by Psychology Press
4. Children's Development Within Social Context

   Volume I: Metatheory and Theory:volume Ii: Research and Methodology

   Edited by Lucien T. Winegar, Jaan Valsiner

   These companion volumes bring together research and theoretical work that addresses the relations between social context and the development of children. They allow for the in-depth discussion of a number of vital metatheoretical, theoretical, and methodological issues that have emerged as a result...

   Published March 31st 1992 by Psychology Press
5. Children's Development Within Social Context

   Volume I: Metatheory and Theory:volume Ii: Research and Methodology

   Edited by Lucien T. Winegar, Jaan Valsiner

   These companion volumes bring together research and theoretical work that addresses the relations between social context and the development of children. They allow for the in-depth discussion of a number of vital metatheoretical, theoretical, and methodological issues that have emerged as a result...

   Published March 31st 1992 by Psychology Press