Self-Organizing Complexity in Psychological Systems |
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| Editor:
| Piers, Craig
Muller, John P.
Brent, Joseph |
| Author:
| Freeman, Walter J.
Goldstein, Jeffrey
Grigsby, Jim
Palombo, Stanley R. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-299-84969-3 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 2007 |
| Publisher: | Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated
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| Imprint: | Jason Aronson |
| Book Format: | Ebook |
| List Price: | USD $43.99 |
Book Description:
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"Self-Organizing Complexity in Psychological Systems" offers a contemporary perspective on the mind through a compilation of original chapters written by some of the leading researchers in the area of complexity theory. In each of the chapters, the authors attempt to use complexity theory to inform and in some cases reformulate existing theories of brain function (Freeman; Grigsby & Osuch), personality (Grigsby & Osuch), psychic organization and structure (Goldstein; Piers), human...
More Description"Self-Organizing Complexity in Psychological Systems" offers a contemporary perspective on the mind through a compilation of original chapters written by some of the leading researchers in the area of complexity theory. In each of the chapters, the authors attempt to use complexity theory to inform and in some cases reformulate existing theories of brain function (Freeman; Grigsby & Osuch), personality (Grigsby & Osuch), psychic organization and structure (Goldstein; Piers), human development (Demos), psychopathology (Palombo; Piers) and psychotherapeutic change (Palombo).