Causality and Development: Neo-Eriksonian Perspectives

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The third book in Young’s unique trilogy on causality and development continues to locate and define the central role of causality in biopsychosocial and network/systems development, and as a unifying concept of psychology itself. As a way of discussing causality, in general, initially, the book focuses on the acquisition of handedness and hemispheric specialization in infancy and childhood, and their relations to the development of cognition, language, and emotion, in particular. The second part of the book elaborates an innovative 25-step Neo-Eriksonian model of development across the life course based on a Neo-Piagetian model covered in the previous books, completing a step-by-step account of development over the lifespan cognitively and socio-emotionally. It builds on the concept of neo-stage, which is network-based. From this conceptual synthesis, the author’s robust theory of development and causality identifies potential areas for psychological problems and pathology at each developmental step as well as science-based possibilities for their treatment. This elegant volume: Presents a clear picture of the development of handedness and laterality in more depth than has been attempted in the literature to date.Traces the causal concepts of activation-inhibition coordination and networking in the context of development.Describes in depth a novel 25-step Neo-Eriksonian lifespan model of development.Reviews relevant research on Piagetian and Eriksonian theories in development.Emphasizes the clinical utility of the described 25-step Neo-Eriksonian approach to lifespan development. A significant step in understanding this highly nuanced subject and synthesizing a broad knowledge base, Causality and Development will find an interested audience among developmental psychologists, mental health practitioners, academics, and researchers.chers. Front Matter ....Pages i-xxiii Introduction (Gerald Young)....Pages 1-17 Front Matter ....Pages 19-19 Introducing Laterality (Gerald Young)....Pages 21-31 Developmental Laterality Research: Infancy (Gerald Young)....Pages 33-56 Developmental Laterality Research: Childhood (Gerald Young)....Pages 57-72 Other Human Laterality Research (Gerald Young)....Pages 73-87 Multi-factorial Causality in Laterality (Gerald Young)....Pages 89-107 Animal Laterality Research (Gerald Young)....Pages 109-146 Standard Laterality Models (Gerald Young)....Pages 147-179 New Laterality Models (Gerald Young)....Pages 181-210 Front Matter ....Pages 211-211 Stage and Sub-stage Models (Gerald Young)....Pages 213-239 Neo-models, Neo-stages, Networks (Gerald Young)....Pages 241-269 Introducing the 25-Step Neo-Eriksonian Model (Gerald Young)....Pages 271-281 The Reflex-Based Sub-stages: Nonparticipatory Reflexive Socio-emotions (Gerald Young)....Pages 283-321 The Sensori-motor-Based Sub-stages: Pre-participatory Socio-affects (Gerald Young)....Pages 323-364 The Peri-operational-Based Sub-stages: Peri-participatory Social Cognition (Gerald Young)....Pages 365-422 The Abstract (Formal Operational) Sub-stages: Hyper-Participatory Social Mutuality (Gerald Young)....Pages 423-489 The Post-formal/Collective Intelligence (Super-ordinate Abstract) Sub-stages: Super-ordinate Participatory Collective Sociality (Gerald Young)....Pages 491-527 Book Conclusions (Gerald Young)....Pages 529-540 Appendices (Gerald Young)....Pages 541-592 Back Matter ....Pages 593-608