1 - Individuals as Producers of Their Development: Conceptual and Empirical Bases¹

This chapter was partially prepared while the first author was a Fellow at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences. He is grateful for financial support provided by the National Institute of Mental Health (Grant #5-T32-MH14581-05) and by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. An earlier version of this chapter was presented at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences while the first author was a participant at its 1979 Summer Institute on Morality and Moral Development.