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The article discusses the four important issues regarding the future of constructivism. These issues include the use of jargon and culture-specific languages that affect the ability of the society to understand the ideas of constructivists, the formation of a formal organization for personal construct psychologists and the need for constructivists to harness their field.

The article focuses on the importance of creating an integrative constructivist psychology theory to address the challenges on the adoption of constructivism theories by mainstream psychologists. Topics discussed include the principles of a coactive systems model on human development within socio-cultural contexts and the conceptual and empirical tools for analyzing psychological structure development.

The article discusses the marketization and unification trends in constructivist psychology and the four constructivism scenarios that were created based on these trends. The scenarious include the preserveration of the pioneering and distinctive epistemological position of constructivist psychology, the strategic alliances between constructivist psychology and other approaches and the gradual disappearance of constructivist psychology.

The article focuses on the nature of the individual in pragmatism and constructivism. It presents a brief history of the notion of the individual in social psychology in which philosopher Kenneth Gergen is credited for pursuing the social and historical context for the individual. The notion of the individual by philosopher John Dewey is stated as being based on social practices. Also discussed is how emotional expression and grief in particular is understood by individuals in a social context.