... of factors that contribute to this belief. One is the easy categorization afforded by current ‘world views’ in psychology – root conceptualizations of the nature of development that are believed to be incompatible. A second factor is that although the theories are far more complex than much of the empirical...

... of contradiction, and (3) integration of contradiction into an overriding whole. Formal operational thought shares with Pepper’s [1942] analytic world views the assumptions of independence of variables and underlying stability, while post-formal operational thought shares with the synthetic world views...

...Hayne W. Reese The creation of a model of memory development requires the merging of a memory model and a developmental model. The models to be merged must be derived from a single world view to avoid confusion. Associationistic models of memory and quantitative models of development are derived...

... and the editor(s) disclaim responsibility for any injury to persons or property resulting from any ideas, methods, instructions or products referred to in the content or advertisements. Adult development Contextualism Dynamic systems Metatheory World views Commentary Human Development 2007;50:160...