The Developmental Point of View: Anything Can Change Everything; Permission to Doubt Dogma, the Gilbert Gottlieb Legacy

Article type: Review Article

Authors: Gottlieb, Marc S.

Affiliations: Private Practice, Raleigh, NC USA

Note: [] Address for correspondence: Dr. Marc S. Gottlieb, 9380 Falls of Neuse Road, Raleigh, NC 27613, USA.

Abstract: This article aims to illustrate some of the far-reaching theoretical impacts the research of Gilbert Gottlieb has made outside the fields of psychology, biology and sociology. Specifically, this theorist's “Developmental Point of View” has far reaching impacts as a potential model for investigating in the fields of health care. Epigenetic development cannot be adequately described or explored without considering a multitude of factors including, but not limited to; genetic, neural, behavioral and environmental “bi-directional influences.” The goal of the present article is to acknowledge a great theorist, Gilbert Gottlieb and demonstrate how his ideas inspire other ideas and in fact may change one's own understanding of development.

Keywords: Development, bi-directional influence, nature and nurture, Chiropractic, Parkinson's Disease, joint dysfunction

DOI: 10.3233/DEV-2007-1213

Journal: International Journal of Developmental Science, vol. 1, no. 2, pp. 200-207, 2007