A.R. Gilgen, Eds. Chaos Theory in PsychologyWestport: Greenwood/Praeger. 1995. |
These readings are mainly from participants of the lectures and symposia at the APA Centennial Conference sponsored by the Theory Division of APA (24) and the Society for Chaos Theory in Psychology, and from the Society's Annual Conference that same year. There are also invited participations of Ralph Abraham and Karl Pribram. There is a cohesive theme to the book despite the diversity of authors and subjects, and that is the emphasis on visual presentation and on the universal language and modeling strategy of dynamics. Basic theory and philosophical issues are emphasized in papers by Leibniz, F. Abraham, A.R. Gilgen, S. Goerner, W. W. Tryon, W. Freeman, and K. Pribram. A great variety of psychological domains, research, and speculation are covered. |
| Leibniz Correspondence | G. W. F. von Leibniz |
| Prefatory Comments | A. R. Gilgen |
| Chaos & Deep Ecology | Sally Goerner |
| The Kiss of Chaos & the Sleeping Beauty of Chaos | Walter J. Freeman |
| Introduction to Dynamics: A Basic Language; A Basic Metamodeling Strategy | F. D. Abraham |
| Stability and Variability: The Geometry of Children's Novel-Word Interpretations | Linda B. Smith |
| In Search of Chaos in Schedule-Induced Polydipsia | B. R. Metcalf & J. D. Allen |
| Group Theraphy as a Nonlinear Dynamical System: Analysis of Therapeutic Communications for Chaotic Patterns | G. Burlingame, A. Fuhriman, & K. R. Barnum |
| Psychocardiological Portraits: A Clinical Application of Process Theory | H. C. Sabelli, L. Carlson-Sabelli, et al. |
| Psychology, Chaos, & the Process Nature of Consciousness | Allan Combs |
| A Search for Bifurcations in the sychological Domain | Albert R. Gilgen |
| Fractal Geometry & Human Understanding | Thomas A. Gentry (The Late) |
| Erodynamics & the Dischaotic Personality | Ralph H. Abraham |
| Evolutionary Dynamics in Minds & Immune Systems | Ben Goertzel |
| Freedom in Chaos Theory: A Case for Choice in a Universe Without a Bottom Line | Frank Mosca |
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| Introduction to Artificial Neural Networks | al. |
| Of Mice & Networks: Cnnectionist Dynamics of Intention versus Action | D. S. Levine & S. J. Leven |
| Parts & Wholes: Connectionist Dynamics of Economic Behavior in Context | S. J. Leven & D. S. Levine |
| System Need, Chaos, & Choice in Machine Intelligence | Paul S. Prueitt |
| Synthesizing Psychological Schisms Through Connectionism | Warren W. Tryon |
| APPLICATIONS TO SOCIAL PROGRESS | V |
| Chaos, Organizational Theory, & Organizational Development | S. J. Guastello, K. J. Dooley, & J. A. Goldstein |
| Chaos in the Triadic Theory of Psychological Competence in the Academic Setting | Carlos Antonio Torre |
| Feminist Psychology: Prototype of the Dynamical Revolution in Psychology | Patricia L. Murphy |
| EPILOGUE | VI |
| Commentary | Karl H. Pribram |
| A Postcript on Language, Modeling, & Metaphor | Fred Abraham |
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