processualist vs. schematic analysis

Longo work with colleague at Tufts on cancers is tackles the same methodological problem: taking a processual and field approach instead of a schema approach can yield a far deeper and effective understanding of the emergence of cancers as well as the emergence of terrorism

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/28/world/europe/mystery-about-who-will-become-a-terrorist-defies-clear-answers.html?emc=edit_th_20160328&nl=todaysheadlines&nlid=70287705&_r=0

In both cases, this may imply changing the organism’s habitual practices and its ambient.