The aim of this chapter is to discuss the question of how dynamic systems theory can be
fruitfully applied to the development of the kind of phenomena and variables that have …

The authors used a dynamic systems theoretical approach to examine intraindividual
variability in emotional responses during the transitional period of adolescence …

In its mathematical, methodological, and conceptual grounding, the dynamic systems (DS)
approach to development offers a unique, relationally focused model for understanding …

Though it is commonly agreed upon that the development of feeding problems in early
childhood is a complex process, much of the research on these problems has a component …

In the past decades, complex dynamic systems theory (CDST) has been used as an
important framework for studying second language development. CDST is a metatheory of …

To fully understand the effect of science education interventions on students' performance,
insight is needed in the properties of teaching-learning processes in individual teacher …

Understanding refers to “the ability to understand”, which means “to comprehend, to
apprehend the meaning or import of, or to grasp the idea of [something]”(Oxford English …

It has been suggested that preverbal infants evaluate the efficiency of others' actions (by
applying a principle of rational action) and that they imitate others' actions rationally. The …

For over 40 years, Willis F. Overton has been at the forefront of efforts in developmental
science to both elucidate and ultimately transcend the pernicious conceptual divisions that …

Developmental science is an interdisciplinary scientific field dedicated to describing,
understanding, and explaining change in behavior across the lifespan and the …