An integrated Neo-Piagetian/Neo-Eriksonian development model II: RAF, qubit, and supra-theory modeling.

Young developed a Neo-Piagetian/Neo-Eriksonian lifespan developmental model that consists of 25 substages in cognitive and socioaffective development. The model includes five stages X five cyclically recurring substages that develop with respect to both cognitive (Neo-Piagetian) and socioaffective (Neo-Eriksonian) development. Here, the model is elaborated by expanding the substage component from five steps to six, through adding a preliminary perception/ perturbation step. The six-step sequence is described according to three dimensions within which they can be situated, borrowing from qubit quantum theoric modeling. The transition mechanism related to substage transitions in the cognitive Neo-Piagetian portion of the model is described according to catalytic function, as developed in RAF network theory. The transition mechanism is also workable according to the qubit quantum theoric model. However, further conceptualization is needed to represent mathematically the revised model according to these two models. The paper also expands on the adult stage of Collective Intelligence. Network theory is given prominence to allow for testable predictions of the model. The overall theory is named Integrative Constructivist Relational Adaptation, and is referred to as a supra-theory. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]