Studying Intraindividual Variability: What We Have Learned That Will Help Us Understand Lives in Context

Abstract

We examine some features of intraindividual variability and the research outcomes from its study. Selected current modeling techniques focused on individual-level analyses are briefly discussed, including some promising applications stemming from dynamical systems theory work. We turn these ideas into issues prominent in the study of behavioral development and examine how the general intraindividual variability orientation can strengthen the further study of lives in context.