Abstract
Contemporary theories stress that the bases for change, and for both plasticity and constraints in development, lie in the relations that exist among the multiple levels of organization that make up the substance of human life. Developmental contextualism is one instance of such a developmental systems perspective. The relational units of analysis of concern in contemporary theories are understood as change units. The change component of these units derives from the ideas that all of the above-noted levels of organization involved in human development are embedded in history, that is, they are integrated with historical change. The continuity of change that constitutes history can lead to both intraindividual continuity or discontinuity in development, depending on the rate, scope, and particular substantive component of the developmental system at which change is measured. The temporality involved in contemporary theories of human development necessitates change-sensitive measures of structure and function and change-sensitive.
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