Development is a core theoretical issue for psychology. Yet, the root metaphors that guide theory and research on development have rarely been questioned, and the limitations and blind spots of these metaphors have not been made explicit. In this article, we propose an exercise in theoretical imagination. We start by reviewing the metaphors commonly used in developmental psychology. We then develop four alternative metaphors that, despite being present in the general semiosphere, have not received much theoretical attention. In order to evaluate these metaphors, we introduce a case study of the development evident in a woman’s diary. On this basis, we invite psychologists to examine new metaphors and thus expand the horizon of possible theorizing.

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隐喻的发展和隐喻的发展

发展是心理学的核心理论问题。然而，指导发展理论和研究的根本隐喻很少受到质疑，这些隐喻的局限性和盲点尚未明确。在本文中，我们建议进行理论想象练习。我们首先回顾发展心理学中常用的隐喻。然后我们开发了四个替代隐喻，尽管它们存在于一般的符号圈中，但并未受到太多理论关注。为了评估这些隐喻，我们引入了一个关于女性日记中明显发展的案例研究。在此基础上，我们邀请心理学家研究新的隐喻，从而扩大可能的理论化视野。