State Space Grids Depicting Dynamics Across Development
Human development from birth through adulthood is a complex interplay of many interacting forces. Children’s internal processes are manifest in behaviors that are sculpted by their experiences, most notably with primary caregivers. Because the discipline
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Tom Hollenstein
State Space Grids Depicting Dynamics Across Development
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Tom Hollenstein Queen’s University Department of Psychology Kingston, ON K7L 3N6 Canada
ISBN 978-1-4614-5006-1 ISBN 978-1-4614-5007-8 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-1-4614-5007-8 Springer New York Dordrecht Heidelberg London Library of Congress Control Number: 2012948284 © Springer Science+Business Media New York 2013 All rights reserved. This work may not be translated or copied in whole or in part without the written permission of the publisher (Springer Science + Business Media, LLC, 233 Spring Street, New York, NY 10013, USA), except for brief excerpts in connection with reviews or scholarly analysis. Use in connection with any form of information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed is forbidden. The use in this publication of trade names, trademarks, service marks, and similar terms, even if they are not identified as such, is not to be taken as an expression of opinion as to whether or not they are subject to proprietary rights. Printed on acid-free paper. springer.com
Preface
It began in 1989. I had just graduated from the University of Massachusetts full of ideas and contemplating my future. Like many people, I had been captivated by James Gleick’s book Chaos: The Making of a New Science. I immediately could foresee that the systems concepts emerging from physics and mathematics were applicable to psychology and human behavior. Here was a new way of thinking about causation in biological systems that fit more parsimoniously to my experiences as a person of the world and a student of psychology. That thoughts, emotions, and actions emerged or self organized simply from the interactions among lower-level components was beyond a theoretical model. It was almost metaphysical, like seeing the true nature of existence after only viewing Plato’s shadows on the cave wall. My disappointment with the business of psychology I had felt as a student now gave way to hope and promise and excitement. I was turned on by this very large idea. I went to the library to see if anyone had made the connection between psychology and chaos, fractals, or self-organization. Admittedly, my search was not exhaustive, but there was little research at the time and almost all of that was focused on physical action—finger wagging and such. Hence, I found no obvious champions that could possibly guide me through a graduate program in areas of psychology I found compelling, one of the possible futures I was considering at the time. Instead, I kept reading popular science books but left the hallowed halls of academia to travel and pursue other learning experiences. However, the seeds were sown and took more than a decade to germinate. By September of 2000, I had been working at the Oregon Social Learning Center (OSLC) for over 4 years. I had advanced through the ranks to become the observational data analyst for the whole center. Sometimes I was extremely busy,
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