Self-Regulation and Developmental Psycho

Self-Regulation and Developmental Psychopathology: Experiential Canalization of Brain and Behavior (1) an understanding of development as holistic and requiring an examination of reciprocity among systems across levels; (2) the contextu- ally bound nature of development; (3) the role of novelty in development; (4) the centrality of time and timing in development, on multiple scales and metrics; (5) the problem of reductionism and the tendency to study one aspect of development in isolation; and (6) recognition of what is known as correlated constraint, or the organized and conservative nature of development. In combination, these principles describe an understanding of the person situated within time frames, levels of analysis, and contexts and offer insight into a developmental understanding of psychopathology.