Dynamics and indeterminism in Developmental and Social Processes

Contents: A. Fogel, M.C.D.P. Lyra, J. Valsiner, Introduction: Perspectives on Indeterminism and Development Part I:Determinacy and Indeterminacy: Theoretical and Philosophical Perspectives.P. van Geert, Que Será, Será: Determinism and Nonlinear Dynamic Model Building in Development. A. Gulerce, Change in the Process of Change: Coping With Indeterminism. A. Fogel, A.U. Branco, Metacommunication as a Source of Indeterminism in Relationship Development. M.C.D.P. Lyra, T. Winegar, Proccesual Dynamics of Interaction Through Time: Adult-Child Interactions and the Process of Development. G. Butterworth, Commentary: Determinacy and Indeterminacy: Theoretical and Philosophical Perspectives. Part II:Theoretical Approaches to Peer Interaction Processes.Z. de Moraes Ramos de Oliveira, J. Valsiner, Play and Imagination: The Psychological Construction of Novelty. M.I. Pedrosa, A.M.A. Carvalho, A. Império-Hamburger, From Disordered to Ordered Movement: Attractor Configuration and Development. A.L.B. Smolka, M.C.R. De Goés, A. Pino, (In)Determinacy and the Semiotic Constitution of Subjectivity. C. Lightfoot, Commentary: Transforming the Canonical Cowboy: Notes on the Determinacy and Indeterminacy of Children's Play and Cultural Development. G. Litvinovic, Commentary: The Semiotic Argument for Indeterminism in Development. Part III:Theoretical Approaches to Individual Developmental Processes.M.D. Lewis, Personality Self-Organization: Cascading Constraints on Cognition-Emotion Interaction. A. Roazzi, B. Campello de Souza, Epistemology of Cognitive Development Theory. M. Legerstee, Changes in Social-Conceptual Development: Domain-Specific Structures, Self-Organization, and Indeterminism. H. Hurme, Commentary: Cascades on an Epignetic River: Indeterminacy in Cognitive and Personality Development. H. Kojima, Commentary: Looking Backwards and Forward, and the Place for Indeterminism.