Psychosocial Development

'Integrated SocioPsychology' is the name I have coined for the meta-approach I am developing - along with several other key thinkers - to integrate and align the many theories and schools/disciplines in the behavioural sciences.

The overarching framework of this construct is 4Q/8L and the core the Graves Model and its Spiral Dynamics build. Together they form undoubtedly the most advanced mapping of the ebb and flow of human motivational systems, both at an individual and a collective/cultural level. How the vMEMES of Spiral Dynamics influence the identities and values & beliefs we hold in our selfplex and how they play out in our interaction with the external environment can be monitored via Robert Dilts' Neurological Levels model. With the aid of Reciprocal Determinism we can see how memes - external ideas - are internalised into our own internal schemas via the meta-stating process, each stage of which involves one and often more elements of the Cognitive Triad and the attribution process.

Temperament - as best defined via Hans Eysenck's Dimensions - frequently influences an individual's behaviour and the interrelationship between temperament and motivation is a key area for exploration in my thoughts on Integrated SocioPsychology. Certainly it would seem some meta-programmes will fluctuate more as motivational patterns shift while others seem to be more or less locked as a direct consequence of innate temperament.

Of necessity, the pages in this section of the site can only provide a basic introduction to the concepts under discussion. The pages link to other web sites, where appropriate, for visitors to explore the concepts in greater depth. Also, for further information, almost all works referenced on the pages can be found in the Bibliography. Of course, visitors can get in touch with me directly through the Contact page.

There are many, many other concepts, models and theories referenced within the near-limitless boundaries of Integrated SocioPsychology and a number of these are covered to some degree or other elsewhere on this site. Visitors are also encouraged to reference the Glossary for brief explanations of sociopsychological terminology.

Integrated SocioPsychology

4Q/8L         Child pages: Structural Functionalism, Symbolic Interactionism             24/05/09,

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Assimilation-Contrast Effect

Comparison Map of Graves/Spiral Dynamics with other key developmental models

Dimensions of Temperament

Meta-Programmes

Meta-States & the Cognitive Triad       Child pages:  Attribution Theory                28/07/10,           Correspondence Inference Theory, Covariation Theory, Attribution Biases

Neurological Levels    Child page: Dilts’Brain Science

Reciprocal Determinism

Schemas & Memes

Selfplex       Child page: Selfplex Defence Mechanisms

vMEMES    Child pages: Graves Model, Hierachy of Needs, Self-Actualisation, Self-Transcendence, vMEME Transition Stages

NLP+ Communication Model