Self-organizing complexity in psychological systems
β Scribed by Brent, Joseph; Piers, Craig; Muller, John P.
- Publisher
- Jason Aronson
- Year
- 2007
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 186
- Series
- Psychological issues 67.
- Category
- Library
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β¦ Table of Contents
Complexity theory as the parent science of psychoanalysis / Stanley R. Palombo --
A biological theory of brain function and its relevance to psychoanalysis / Walter J. Freeman --
Neurodynamics, state, agency, and psychological functioning / Jim Grigsby and Elizabeth Osuch --
Emergence : when a difference in degree becomes a difference in kind / Craig Piers --
Emergence and psychological morphogenesis / Jeffrey Goldstein --
The dynamics of development / E. Virginia Demos --
The language of complexity theory / Craig Piers.
β¦ Subjects
Psychology -- Philosophy;Complexity (Philosophy);Psychoanalytic Theory;Psychoanalysis -- methods;Nonlinear Dynamics;Self Concept;Psychology -- Philosophy
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