The purpose of this work is to provide an overview of complex systems research for educational psychologists. We outline a philosophically and theoretically sourced definition of complex systems research organized around complex, dynamic, and emergent ontological characteristics that is useful and appropriate for educational psychology. A complex systems approach is positioned as a means to align underexplored elements of existing theory with appropriate interaction dominant theoretical models, research methods, and equation-based analytic techniques. We conclude with a brief discussion of several foundational topics for complex systems research in educational psychology.

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教育心理学的复杂系统研究：理论与方法的统一

这项工作的目的是为教育心理学家提供复杂系统研究的概述。我们概述了从哲学和理论上对复杂系统研究的定义，围绕复杂，动态和新兴的本体论特征进行了组织，这些特征对于教育心理学是有用的和适当的。复杂的系统方法被定位为一种手段，以使现有理论的未充分开发的要素与适当的相互作用主导的理论模型，研究方法和基于方程的分析技术保持一致。最后，我们简要讨论了教育心理学中复杂系统研究的几个基础主题。