ABSTRACT
This chapter discusses the importance of the concept of embodiment in the understanding of human behavior and development. It general argument is that embodiment is central to any discusses of the relation of biological systems and psychological systems or cultural systems and psychological systems. The chapter also argues seriously embracing the concept of embodiment represents a move away from unproductive questions entailed in the nativism-empiricism or nature-nurture debate and toward a more productive arena of inquiry and research, the examination of questions of the nature of the relations that operate among biological systems, psychological systems, and cultural systems. The developing argument, discusses the role metatheory, especially relational metatheory, plays in contexualizing the concept of embodiment. The chapter discusses embodiment as a concept that bridges biological, cultural, and person-centered approaches to psychological inquiry. It finally, focuses on a brief elaboration of the place and nature of the embodied person-centered approach.
