Chaos and nonlinear psychology : keys to creativity in mind and life /
"This book, for psychologists, clinicians, social scientists, and the general reader, reveals how chaos and nonlinear dynamics can bring new understanding to everyday topics in social sciences. Contributors are leaders in the intersection of psychology and chaos and complexity theories. Written...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY :
Oxford University Press,
[2022]
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | "This book, for psychologists, clinicians, social scientists, and the general reader, reveals how chaos and nonlinear dynamics can bring new understanding to everyday topics in social sciences. Contributors are leaders in the intersection of psychology and chaos and complexity theories. Written first for the curious and the nonspecialist, while adding areas for those with a more extensive background, this book offers openness and creative wonder. It is conceptual and user-friendly, built around six themes—which are the main learnings for readers. These are (1) seeing nonlinearity, (2) appreciating emergence, (3) finding patterns, (4) using simple models, (5) intervening nonlinearly, and (6) considering new worldviews. It takes no specialized study—although there is more sophisticated material and optional math for those wishing it; the techie will, in addition, find concepts and diagrams to ponder. The volume intends to engage, at times may startle—whether about the weather, internet, organizations, family dynamics, health, evolution, or falling in love. It reveals how many social, personal, clinical, research, and life phenomena become understandable and can be modeled in the light of nonlinear dynamical systems theory. It even offers a broadening worldview, happening already in other sciences, toward a more dynamic, interconnected, and evolving picture, including process-oriented appreciation of one's own experience. Readers meet the themes in different guises while learning to read subtle signs and patterns, and intervene like an aikido master in the flow of our dynamic world. The themes, are woven throughout diverse applications and extended in the integrative conclusions"--Publisher's description. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (x, 433 pages) : illustrations (some color) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780190465049 0190465042 0190465034 9780190668754 019066875X 9780190465032 |