Transformation in Clinical and Developmental Psychology

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xiv

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2. Introduction

   1. Introduction

      • Deirdre A. Kramer, Michael J. Bopp

      Pages 1-22

3. General Historical and Theoretical Perspectives

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 23-23

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   2. On the Implications of the Relativity/Quantum Revolution for Psychology

      • Jeffrey G. Johnson

      Pages 25-50

   3. Changing the Known; Knowing the Changing: The General Systems Theory Metatheory as a Conceptual Framework to Study Complex Change and Complex Thoughts

      • Jan D. Sinnott

      Pages 51-69

4. Contextualist Perspectives

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 71-71

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   2. William James’ Pragmatism: A Clarification of the Contextual World View

      • Patricia E. Kahlbaugh

      Pages 73-88

   3. Contextualism, Naturalistic Inquiry, and the Need for New Science: A Rethinking of Everyday Memory Aging and Childhood Sexual Abuse

      • John C. Cavanaugh, Kelly R. Morton

      Pages 89-114

   4. The Contextual-Epistemic Approach to Psychotherapy

      • Christopher K. Germer

      Pages 115-135

   5. Discovering the Social—Cultural Context of Research: Listening to and Learning from Research Participants

      • John A. Meacham

      Pages 136-153

5. Dialectical, Organismic Perspectives

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 155-155

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   2. Dependent-Independence in Adult—Child Relationships

      • Lucien T. Winegar, K. Ann Renninger, Jaan Valsiner

      Pages 157-168

   3. The Dialectics of Forgetting and Remembering Across the Adult Lifespan

      • Cameron J. Camp, Leslie A. McKitrick

      Pages 169-187

   4. Toward a Constructive-Developmental Understanding of the Dialectics of Individuality and Irrationality

      • Michael Basseches

      Pages 188-209

   5. Change and Stability in Marital Interaction Patterns: A Developmental Model

      • Deirdre A. Kramer

      Pages 210-233

   6. The Nuclear Crisis: Insights from Metatheory and Clinical Change Theories

      • Michael J. Bopp

      Pages 234-250

6. Back Matter

   Pages 251-263

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One goal of this volume is to critically examine existing metatheory in psychology. Its second goal is to portray how particular psychological endeavors can be enhanced by the application of metatheories, alternatives to the traditional mechanistic outlook. The alternative conceptual frameworks explored in this volume, namely, contextualism and dialectics, assume a fluid and metaphorical view of change, growth, development, and transformation. The areas of clinical and developmental psychology are fields wich are primarily concerned with explaining and promoting change. This volume offers a fresh conceptual perspective on psychological change.

• development
• developmental psychology
• growth
• interaction
• memory
• psychology
• psychotherapy
• therapy

• Department of Psychology, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, USA

  Deirdre A. Kramer

• Bala Cymwyd, USA

  Michael J. Bopp

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