In recent decades, models of human development have undergone significant transformation. In contrast to traditional approaches, contemporary research suggests that development is dynamic rather than linear; domain- and task-specific rather than stage-like; organized around integrative rather than modular psychological processes; and arises from relations among bio-psycho-social change processes rather than from the influence of independent forces. In this chapter, we outline an integrative model of psychological development from the standpoint of dynamic skill theory. From this view, psychological structures consist of dynamic coordinations of cognition, conation, and affect within particular contexts. Over time, within particular conceptual domains and contexts that support their construction, psychological structures develop through 13 hierarchical levels. We illustrate trajectories in the development of psychological structures in several conceptual and affective domains. Further, through analyses of moment-by-moment changes within social interaction, we examine how novel psychological structures arise in interactions between persons and are consolidated by processes within individuals.
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