This book is an attempt to add to the theoretical discussion
regarding the nature of the intrapsychic and interpersonal
transformational changes associated with the transition from
adolescence to young adulthood. The author introduces the concept
of the 'Transformational Self', a phase-specific dimension of the
neural self, and demonstrates the enhanced explanatory power that
it offers in attempting to examine the sometimes dramatic shifting
self-states accompanying the metamorphosis from adolescence into
young adulthood. A necessary precondition for the emergence of the
Transformational Self is the maturation of the pre-frontal cortex
and its enhanced neural connectivity. With this biological
achievement, executive functioning, a strengthened ego/self
capacity, can arrive at a mature level of external stabilization
and internal, intrapsychic structuralization. Conceptualized in
self-referencing metaphor and expressed and reinforced through long
term potentiation (repeated firing patterns of synchronous neural
assemblies), the late adolescent reconfigured self-state becomes a
true developmental potentiality evidenced by the use of different
self (and other) representations.
General
Imprint: |
Routledge
|
Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Release date: |
July 2019 |
First published: |
2013 |
Authors: |
Harold K. Bendicsen
|
Dimensions: |
229 x 152mm (L x W) |
Format: |
Hardcover
|
Pages: |
264 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-367-10160-2 |
Categories: |
Books >
Social sciences >
Psychology >
General
|
LSN: |
0-367-10160-2 |
Barcode: |
9780367101602 |
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