24: Relational Systems Meta-theories Last updated Save as PDF Page ID9412 Contributed by Ellen A. Skinner, Thomas A. Kindermann, Robert W. Roeser, Cathleen L Smith, Andrew Mashburn & Joel SteelePortland State UniversityPublished by Portland State University Library 24.1: Relational-Developmental Systems Meta-theories24.2: What are the key differences between “split” and “relational” worldviews?24.3: Why is the difference between Split and Relational metatheories important?24.4: How can everything be 100% biological, 100% psychological, 100% social, and 100% cultural?24.5: Does this mean we are always studying “biopsychosociocultural” globs?24.6: Where does Relationism fit on our meta-theory map?24.7: What are the principles that allow organism and contextualism to be unified?24.8: What does the relational meta-theory offer in terms of causal explanation?24.9: Where do all these new terms come from?24.10: Where did the relational meta-theory come from?24.11: What are the take-home messages from relational meta-theories?