?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=The+Hubble+Hypothesis+and+the+Developmentalist's+Dilemma&rft.creator=Richters%2C+John+E.&rft.subject=Developmental+Psychology&rft.description=Developmental+psychopathology+stands+poised+at+the+close+of+the+20th+century+on+the+horns+of+a+major+scientific+dilemma.+The+essence+of+this+dilemma+lies+in+the+contrast+between+its+heuristically+rich+open+system+concepts+on+the%0Aone+hand%2C+and+the+closed+system+paradigm+it+adopted+from+mainstream+psychology+for+investigating+those+models+on%0Athe+other.+Many+of+the+research+methods%2C+assessment+strategies%2C+and+data+analytic+models+of+psychology%C2%92s+paradigm+are+predicated+on+closed+system+assumptions+and+explanatory+models.+Thus%2C+they+are+fundamentally+inadequate+forstudying+humans%2C+who+are+unparalleled+among+open+systems+in+their+wide+ranging+capacities+for+equifinal+and%0Amultifinal+functioning.+Developmental+psychopathology+faces+two+challenges+in+successfully+negotiating+the+developmentalist%C2%92s+dilemma.+The+first+lies+in+recognizing+how+the+current+paradigm+encourages+research+practices%0Athat+are+antithetical+to+developmental+principles%2C+yet+continue+to+flourish.+I+argue+that+the+developmentalist%C2%92s%0Adilemma+is+sustained+by+long+standing%2C+mutually+enabling+weaknesses+in+the+paradigm%C2%92s+discovery+methods+and%0Ascientific+standards.+These+interdependent+weaknesses+function+like+a+distorted+lens+on+the+research+process+by%0Avariously+sustaining+the+illusion+of+theoretical+progress%2C+obscuring+the+need+for+fundamental+reforms%2C+and+both%0Aconstraining+and+misguiding+reform+efforts.+An+understanding+of+how+these+influences+arise+and+take+their+toll+provides+a+foundation+and+rationale+for+engaging+the+second+challenge.+The+essence+of+this+challenge+will+be+finding+ways+to+resolve+the+developmentalist%C2%92s+dilemma+outside+the+constraints+of+the+existing+paradigm+by+developing+indigenous+research+strategies%2C+methods%2C+and+standards+with+fidelity+to+the+complexity+of+developmental+phenomena.&rft.publisher=Cambridge+University+Press&rft.contributor=Cicchetti%2C+Dante&rft.date=1997-01&rft.type=Journal+(Paginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F1009%2F3%2Fs_Dilemma.pdf&rft.identifier=++Richters%2C+John+E.++(1997)+The+Hubble+Hypothesis+and+the+Developmentalist's+Dilemma.++%5BJournal+(Paginated)%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F1009%2F