Handbook of Child Psychology, Theoretical Models of Human Development
Chapter One
Developmental Science, Developmental
Systems, and Contemporary Theories of
Human Development
RICHARD M. LERNER
FROM DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY TO
DEVELOPMENTAL SCIENCE 2
IMPLICATIONS OF RELATIONAL METATHEORIES
FOR DEVELOPMENTAL SCIENCE 5
FROM DEFICIT TO DIVERSITY IN
DEVELOPMENTAL SCIENCE 6
VESTIGES OF REDUCTIONIST MODELS 7
USING THE DEVELOPMENTAL SYSTEMS
PERSPECTIVE FOR THEORY, RESEARCH,
AND APPLICATION 10
DIVERSITY-A FUNDAMENTAL ASSET OF
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT 11
FEATURES AND IMPLICATIONS OF A POSITIVE
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT PERSPECTIVE 11
FRAMING THE RESEARCH AGENDA OF
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT 12
CONCLUSIONS 13
REFERENCES 14
Much like the universities within which they are typically
formulated, theoretical innovations in human development
usually move at glacial speed. As described by
Cairns and Cairns (Chapter 3, this Handbook, this volume),
decades may elapse between the formulation of a
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