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Area of Science:

  • Psychology
  • Developmental Psychology
  • Cognitive Science

Background:

  • Psychology often emphasizes multi-level analysis but lacks clarity on levels and their relations.
  • Traditional cognitive science separates mechanisms, hindering holistic understanding.
  • A need exists for an integrated framework to study complex phenomena.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To propose a novel approach combining embodiment and developmental systems.
  • To address the lack of clarity regarding levels of analysis in psychology.
  • To advance the understanding of interrelations among brain, body, and mind.

Main Methods:

  • Critically examining the concept of levels of analysis in psychology.
  • Integrating tenets of embodiment with the construct of the developmental system.
  • Adopting a relational worldview emphasizing indissociable complementarity.

Main Results:

  • A constructivist embodied approach contextualizes mechanisms within a systems level.
  • Developmental processes frame interpenetrating relations between different levels.
  • The relational developmental systems (RDS) approach is outlined as a scientific paradigm.

Conclusions:

  • The integration of embodiment and developmental systems offers a way forward for psychological research.
  • The RDS approach provides a framework for advancing formulations of brain, body, and mind interrelations.
  • This integrative paradigm promotes a holistic understanding of psychological phenomena across multiple levels.