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Interconnectedness and the individual / Nicole S. Porter, Nancy Bothne, and Leonard Jason.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Nova Science Publishers, ©2009.Description: 1 online resource (viii, 120 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781607419020
  • 1607419025
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Interconnectedness and the individual.DDC classification:
  • 155.2 22
LOC classification:
  • BF697 .I674 2009eb
Online resources:
Contents:
The ecological individual -- Deconstructing Ockham's razor -- Dynamic systems and the individual -- Dynamics of community psychology -- Fixity and social problem -- Evolution of evolutionary theory -- Selection for the best -- History of American eugenics -- German and American pseudoscientific synergy -- Systemic basis of psychobiosocial illnesses -- From eugenics to epigenetics -- Misunderstanding biological heritability -- From epigenetics to epigenesis -- From fixity to neuroplasticity -- Notes of the nature/nurture debate -- Instinct and human nature -- Prenatal experience and familiarity learning -- Critical periods in the first three years -- IQ testing and education in the United States -- Bell curve -- Mechanical interactions and thermodynamics -- Ecological solutions -- Interconnectedness -- Cross cultural perspectives -- International community systems -- International foundational values of social justice -- Research and action that promotes social justice -- Intervention in American values.
Review: "This book addresses manifestations and consequences of the concept of the Self from Nativism. Taking an historical perspective, an attempt is made to offer a dynamic systems perspective, and to describe an alternative utilizing examples from: Social Darwinism, genetics, fetal development, brain plasticity, and the education system, to the international human rights movement. Doing this the authors call into question the goal of respecting all values and behaviors in a given society. Arguing against moral relativism the authors propose the necessity for foundational values - that arguably already govern Community Psychology."--Jacket.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 96-106) and index.

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The ecological individual -- Deconstructing Ockham's razor -- Dynamic systems and the individual -- Dynamics of community psychology -- Fixity and social problem -- Evolution of evolutionary theory -- Selection for the best -- History of American eugenics -- German and American pseudoscientific synergy -- Systemic basis of psychobiosocial illnesses -- From eugenics to epigenetics -- Misunderstanding biological heritability -- From epigenetics to epigenesis -- From fixity to neuroplasticity -- Notes of the nature/nurture debate -- Instinct and human nature -- Prenatal experience and familiarity learning -- Critical periods in the first three years -- IQ testing and education in the United States -- Bell curve -- Mechanical interactions and thermodynamics -- Ecological solutions -- Interconnectedness -- Cross cultural perspectives -- International community systems -- International foundational values of social justice -- Research and action that promotes social justice -- Intervention in American values.

"This book addresses manifestations and consequences of the concept of the Self from Nativism. Taking an historical perspective, an attempt is made to offer a dynamic systems perspective, and to describe an alternative utilizing examples from: Social Darwinism, genetics, fetal development, brain plasticity, and the education system, to the international human rights movement. Doing this the authors call into question the goal of respecting all values and behaviors in a given society. Arguing against moral relativism the authors propose the necessity for foundational values - that arguably already govern Community Psychology."--Jacket.

WorldCat record variable field(s) change: 650

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