The papers that comprise this special issue of Human Development showcase the challenges and possibilities of conceptualizing and investigating the dynamics of developmental processes. They suggest new directions for theory and research that will keep developmentalists busy for years to come. Although the contributors focus on different specific issues, the papers are united by a process-relational framework, or a process ontology that represents an alternative to the Cartesian-split-mechanistic framework, or the substance ontology that has long dominated psychology, including developmental psychology (Valsiner, 1997; Fischer & Bidell, 2006; Overton, 2013, 2015). Beginning with the first sentence of the Editors’ Introduction, there are calls throughout the papers to conceptualize and investigate behavior and development in terms of dynamic processes. As I read through the papers, I was struck by the array of processes identified and discussed. A challenge is to think about whether there are varied kinds of processes that contribute to and comprise human development in distinct, yet interrelated ways. My goal for this commentary is to build on the papers’ points about processes by suggesting directions for conceptualizing varied kinds of developmental processes. Di Paolo (this issue: see www.karger.com/doi/10.1159/000503827) argues for “thinking in terms of systems, processes, and relations,” as well as relations among processes. He asks how to “distinguish between processes that belong to the agent and the other processes the agent engages with but that also enable cognitive performance.” Di Paolo identifies “a sensorimotor body as an ongoing process.” He explains that “processes of different orders of magnitude and timescale (neural activity, enactments, social interactions, changes in sensorimotor repertoires, cultural practices socialization into language, cultural change, etc.) are all concurrently active and mutually interpenetrate.” Published online: November 29, 2019

中文翻译：

---

区分各种发育过程

包含这一人类发展特刊的论文展示了概念化和研究发展过程动态的挑战和可能性。他们为理论和研究提出了新的方向，这将使发展主义者在未来几年保持忙碌。尽管贡献者关注不同的具体问题，但这些论文由过程关系框架或代表笛卡尔分裂机制框架替代的过程本体论或长期主导心理学的物质本体论，包括发展心理学(Valsiner, 1997; Fischer & Bidell, 2006; Overton, 2013, 2015)。从编辑介绍的第一句话开始，整篇论文都呼吁从动态过程的角度对行为和发展进行概念化和研究。当我通读这些论文时，我被确定和讨论的一系列流程所震惊。一个挑战是思考是否有各种各样的过程以不同但相互关联的方式促进和构成人类发展。我这篇评论的目标是通过建议将各种发展过程概念化的方向，以论文关于过程的观点为基础。Di Paolo（本期：参见 www.karger.com/doi/10.1159/000503827）主张“从系统、流程和关系的角度思考”，以及流程之间的关系。他询问如何“区分属于代理的过程和代理参与但也支持认知表现的其他过程。” Di Paolo 将“感觉运动身体视为一个持续的过程”。他解释说，“不同数量级和时间尺度的过程（神经活动、表演、社会互动、感觉运动库的变化、文化实践社会化为语言、文化变革等）都是同时活跃和相互渗透的。” 在线发布：2019年11月29日 文化变革等）都是同时活跃和相互渗透的。” 在线发布：2019年11月29日 文化变革等）都是同时活跃和相互渗透的。” 在线发布：2019年11月29日