TY - JOUR
T1 - Developmental systems science
T2 - Exploring the application of systems science methods to developmental science questions
AU - Urban, Jennifer Brown
AU - Osgood, Nathaniel D.
AU - Mabry, Patricia L.
PY - 2011/1
Y1 - 2011/1
N2 - Developmental science theorists fully acknowledge the wide array of complex interactions among biology, behavior, and environment that together give rise to development. However, despite this conceptual understanding of development as a system, developmental science has not fully applied analytic methods commensurate with this systems perspective. This article provides a brief introduction to systems science, an approach to problem solving that involves the use of methods especially equipped to handle complex relationships and their evolution over time. In addition, a rationale is provided for why and how these methods can serve the needs of the developmental science research community.
AB - Developmental science theorists fully acknowledge the wide array of complex interactions among biology, behavior, and environment that together give rise to development. However, despite this conceptual understanding of development as a system, developmental science has not fully applied analytic methods commensurate with this systems perspective. This article provides a brief introduction to systems science, an approach to problem solving that involves the use of methods especially equipped to handle complex relationships and their evolution over time. In addition, a rationale is provided for why and how these methods can serve the needs of the developmental science research community.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=79951996633&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/15427609.2011.549686
DO - 10.1080/15427609.2011.549686
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:79951996633
SN - 1542-7609
VL - 8
SP - 1
EP - 25
JO - Research in Human Development
JF - Research in Human Development
IS - 1
ER -