| Contents |
Introduction : Development, action, and intentionality / Jochen Brandtstädter and Richard M. Lerner -- Revisiting Individuals as producers of their development : from dynamic interactionism to developmental systems / Richard M. Lerner and Ted Walls -- The self in action and development : cultural, biosocial, and ontogenetic bases of intentional self-development / Jochen Brandtstädter -- Selectivity in life-span development : biological and societal canalizations and individuals' developmental goals / Jutta Heckhausen and Richard Schulz -- Freedom isn't free : power, alienation, and the consequences of action / Dale Dannefer -- The dynamic codevelopment of intentionality, self, and social relations / Michael F. Mascolo, Kurt W. Fischer, and Robert A. Neimeyer -- The pursuit of personal goals : a motivational approach to well-being and life adjustment / Joachim C. Brunstein, Oliver C. Schultheiss, and Günter W. Maier -- Personal projects and social ecology : themes and variations across the life span / Brian R. Little -- Life planning : anticipating future life goals and managing personal development / Jacqui Smith -- The process of meaning construction : dissecting the flow of semiotic activity / Ingrid E. Josephs, Jaan Valsiner, and Seth E. Surgan -- A motivational-volitional perspective on identity development / Peter M. Gollwitzer ... [et al.] -- Free fantasies about the future and the emergence of developmental goals / Gabriele Oettingen -- Psychological control in later life : implications for life-span development / Helene H. Fung, Ronald P. Abeles, and Laura L. Carstensen -- Intentional self-development through adulthood and later life : tenacious pursuit and flexible adjustment of goals / Jochen Brandtstädter, Dirk Wentura, and Klaus Rothermund -- Successful development and aging : the role of selection, optimization, and compensation / Alexandra M. Freund, Karen Z.H. Li, and Paul B. Baltes -- Emotional learning and mechanisms of intentional psychological change / Karen S. Quigley and Lisa Feldman Barrett -- Action regulation, coping, and development / Ellen A. Skinner. |
