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This chapter presents a generic change model based on the Neo-Piagetian/Neo-Eriksonian one that I have developed. It helps in understanding other step models of various psychological phenomena by showing their consistency with this one. It helps by indicating generic change processes applicable even to nonliving systems. Some of the topics referred to in this chapter with respect to the present generic change model include readiness for change, information processing, discovery learning, open-ended change, executive function, psychotherapy, education, evolution, social drivers, and causality itself (e.g., genes/epigenesis, causal graphs).

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Young, G. (2016). Generic Change Model. In: Unifying Causality and Psychology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-24094-7_33

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