Analysis of Dynamic Psychological Systems: Volume 2 Methods and Applications

Front Matter....Pages i-xv
Systems and Systems Analysis Methods and Applications ....Pages 1-16
Front Matter....Pages 17-17
The Study of Dynamic Systems Using Structural Equations Analysis....Pages 19-41
Sensitivity of Parameters and Loop Structures....Pages 43-86
Psychological Scaling and Filtering of Errors in Empirical Systems....Pages 87-117
Parameter Estimation and Assessing the Fit of Dynamic Models....Pages 119-150
Front Matter....Pages 151-151
Applications of Living Systems Theory....Pages 153-180
Complex Organizations and Living Systems Theory....Pages 181-194
General Systems in Psychiatric Disorder....Pages 195-213
A Systems Approach to Understanding and Enhancing Grassroots Organizations....Pages 215-243
A Multivariate Causal Analysis of Teenage Child Rearing....Pages 245-262
A Theory of Service Delivery and Its Application to the Dropout Phenomenon....Pages 263-301
Educational Policy Analysis....Pages 303-325
A Cognitive Control System....Pages 327-340
Dynamics of Attitude Change....Pages 341-369
Toward Building Psychoanalytically Based Mathematical Models of Psychotherapeutic Paradigms....Pages 371-393
Back Matter....Pages 395-404