Dynamic systems is a recent theoretical approach to the study of development. In its
contemporary formulation, the theory grows directly from advances in understanding …

A dynamic systems approach to development: Applications. A dynamic systems approach to
development: Applications. Citation Smith, LB, & Thelen, E. (Eds.). (1993). A dynamic systems …

We outline the nature of dynamic systems, both linear and nonlinear, and we review
dynamic systems principles that apply well to various aspects of human development …

The basic properties of a dynamic systems approach of development are illustrated by
contrasting two simple equations. One, yt+ 1= f (yt), is characteristic of dynamic systems …

There has been an increasing interest in the application of dynamical systems to the study of
development over the last decade. The explosion of the dynamical systems framework in the …

In this chapter a broad variety of aspects of dynamic systems approaches is discussed,
including heuristic descriptions of methodological issues, experimental designs …

Classical developmental theories, like those of Piaget, Werner and Vygotsky, were on the
verge of developmental science, the study of phenomena from the point of view of …

As development is an example of a complex dynamic system (CDS), the theory of CDS can
make important contributions to our understanding of the developmental process. However …

The course of human development over the life span is a prime example of a complex,
nonlinear dynamical system. The process of development is recursive and self-organizing. It …

This article discusses some of the ways in which dynamic systems approaches have been
applied to developmental science. Dynamic systems thinking suggests that (a) there is …