Theory and Research in Behavioral Pediatrics

ISBN: 0306428822

Author: Fitzgerald, H.E.

Condition: New

This volume posits two theories of behavioral pediatrics: that scientific and clinical study of organism--environment transactions requires investigators to alter recognize the importance of systemic models over mechanistic models; and that attention must be given to environmental contexts of development, and to the events in the environment that trigger and regulate the organization, development, and expression of human behavior.