Action and Self-Development

Introduction - Jochen Brandtstaedter and Richard M Lerner Development, Action and Intentionality PART ONE: DEVELOPMENT AS A PERSONAL AND SOCIAL CONSTRUCTION Revisiting 'Individuals as Producers of Their Development' - Richard M Lerner and Ted Walls From Dynamic Interactionism to Developmental Systems The Self in Action and Development - Jochen Brandtstaedter Cultural, Biosocial and Ontogenetic Bases of Intentional Self-Development Selectivity in Lifespan Development - Jutta Heckhausen and Richard Schulz Biological and Societal Canalizations and Individuals' Developmental Goals Freedom Isn't Free - Dale Dannefer Power, Alienation and the Consequences of Action The Dynamic Co-Development of Intentionality, Self and Social Relations - Michael F Mascolo, Kurt W Fischer and Robert Neimeyer PART TWO: DESIGNING PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT GOALS: GOALS, PLANS AND FUTURE SELVES The Pursuit of Personal Goals - Joachim C Brunstein, Oliver C Schultheiss and Guenter W Maier A Motivational Approach to Well-Being and Life Adjustment Personal Projects and Social Ecology - Brian R Little Themes and Variations across the Life-Span Life Planning - Jacqui Smith Anticipating Future Life Goals and Managing Personal Development The Process of Meaning Construction - Ingrid E Josephs, Jaan Valsiner and Seth E Surgan Dissecting the Flow of Semiotic Activity 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 PART THREE: RESILIENCE AND EFFICACY ACROSS THE LIFE SPAN Psychological Control in Later Life - Helene H Fung, Ronald P Abeles and Laura L Carstensen Implications for Life-Span Development Intentional Self-Development through Adulthood and Later Life - Jochen Brandtstaedter, Dirk Wentura and Klaus Rothermund Tenacious Pursuit and Flexible Adjustment of Goals Successful Development and Aging - Alexandra M Freund, Karen Z H Li and Paul B Baltes The Role of Selection, Optimization and Compensation in Successful Aging Emotional Learning and Mechanisms of Intentional Psychological Change - Karen S Quigley and Lisa Feldman Barrett Action Regulation, Coping and Development - Ellen A Skinner