Varieties Of Theoretical Psychology

Author : Andre Kukla
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2001-05-11
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 0262263335

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Methods of Theoretical Psychology by Andre Kukla Pdf

The aim of this book is not to impart a substantive knowledge of core psychological theories, or even to analyze critically selected theories. Instead, it is to prepare the reader to analyze and advance the theoretical literature in any tradition. Theoretical psychology stands in the same relation to psychology as theoretical physics does to physics. The traditional way to study theoretical psychology is to take up one approach after another—behavioral, psychoanalytic, cognitive, and so on. The aim of this book is not to impart a substantive knowledge of core psychological theories, or even to analyze critically selected theories. Instead, it is to prepare the reader to analyze and advance the theoretical literature in any tradition. A good theoretician should be able to contribute to the study of psychoanalytic theory as readily as to behavioral theory. The skills required are the same. Instead of covering a sequence of theories, therefore, the book is organized around types of theoretical activities. It is not a work in theoretical psychology; it is a book about theoretical psychology. It also confronts psychologists' underestimation of the variety and the significance of theoretical work. Many theoretical issues do not call for empirical research—they require nothing but thinking.

Author : Thomas Teo
Publisher : Springer
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2018-05-08
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781137596512

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Outline of Theoretical Psychology by Thomas Teo Pdf

Outline of Theoretical Psychology discusses basic philosophical problems in the discipline and profession of psychology. The author addresses such topics as what it means to be human in psychology; how psychological knowledge is possible and what it consists of; the role of social justice in psychology; and how aesthetic experience could help us to understand the human condition. Proposing possible solutions to a range of such issues, Thomas Teo situates theoretical questions within traditional branches of philosophical inquiry: ontology, epistemology, ethics, and aesthetics. This book argues that in order to improve psychology as a discipline and in practice, psychologists must reconceive the unit of psychological analysis, looking beyond individual capacity and even experience. By engaging with these basic philosophical problems, Teo demonstrates how psychology can avoid its common pitfalls and continue as a force for resistance and the good.

Author : International Society for Theoretical Psychology. Conference,Thomas Teo
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Psychology
ISBN : UOM:39015080829461

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Varieties of Theoretical Psychology by International Society for Theoretical Psychology. Conference,Thomas Teo Pdf

Selected proceedings of the twelfth Biennial Conference of the International Society for Theoretical Psychology, Toronto, Ont., June 18-22, 2007.

Author : International Society for Theoretical Psychology. Conference
Publisher : Captus Press
Page : 406 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 189669117X

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Problems of Theoretical Psychology by International Society for Theoretical Psychology. Conference Pdf

Author : Henderikus J. Stam,Leendert P. Mos,Warren Thorngate,Bernie Kaplan
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 521 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781461227465

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Recent Trends in Theoretical Psychology by Henderikus J. Stam,Leendert P. Mos,Warren Thorngate,Bernie Kaplan Pdf

I was asked and, alas, with little reflection on the magnitude of the task, thoughtlessly consented, to take on the 'simple' job of writing a preface to the collection of essays comprising this volume. That I was asked to carry out this simple task was probably due to one consideration: I was the main representative of the host institution (Clark University) for the 1991 ISTP Conference, at which the talks, foreshadowing and outlining the 'extended remarks' here printed, were originally presented, and hence, as a token of gratitude, I was vouchsafed the honor of setting the stage. It did not dawn on me, until I began piecemeal to receive and accumulate, over a period of months, the remarkably diverse and heterogeneous essays precipitated by the conference, how mind-boggling it would be to pen a preface pertinent to such an aggregate of prima/acie unrelated articles. Typically, prefaces to collections of essays from different hands are attempts by the prefator or a pride of prefators to provide an overview, a concise map, of the complex terrain which readers are invited to enter; or to direct the attention of potential readers to what the editors take to be the essential or central themes of each of the variegated articles: a practice which, not infrequently and often not unjustifiably, irritates and even enrages individual authors, who object to the complexity, profundity, and nuanced character of their thought being reduced to clicMs and editorial equivalents of sound bites.

Author : International Society for Theoretical Psychology. Conference,Niamh Stephenson
Publisher : Captus Press
Page : 476 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 1553220552

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Theoretical Psychology by International Society for Theoretical Psychology. Conference,Niamh Stephenson Pdf

Author : Matt Jarvis
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2005-08-04
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781134655175

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Theoretical Approaches in Psychology by Matt Jarvis Pdf

The book introduces and outlines the six main approaches and considers how each has helped psychologists understand human behaviour, thought and feeling.

Author : Leendert P. Mos
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 405 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781461564539

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Annals of Theoretical Psychology by Leendert P. Mos Pdf

This discipline has become more reflective in recent years. It has also become blatantly philosophical, which is itself cause for reflection. The philosophy of psychology has not been exactly a burgeoning field, and yet psychologists and philosophers of all persuasions are writing philosophical psychology. Perhaps all this activity merely reflects the uneasy bifurcation of psychology into biological and cognitive domains. After all, there were similar flurries in the 1920s and 1950s when the discipline assumed new directions. But, before, there were too many things to do; scientific knowing seemed so compelling and so singular in methodology. Today, the entire enterprise is much more uncertain, and not just psychology, but all human scientific inquiry. The fun damental questions remain much the same, of course; what has changed is that philosophers are explicitly addressing questions of psy chology and psychologists are at least implicitly engaged in philosophy. The bounderies are no longer clear cut! Theoretical psychology is as much the doing of philosophy as it is of experimental research. Volume 4 of these Annals attests to this state of affairs. The psychologists' style reflects their philosophical understanding; the philosophers differ according to what they take to be psychological knowledge.

Author : Bertram Gawronski,Galen V. Bodenhausen
Publisher : Guilford Publications
Page : 449 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2015-01-07
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781462518487

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Theory and Explanation in Social Psychology by Bertram Gawronski,Galen V. Bodenhausen Pdf

This volume provides the first authoritative explication of metatheoretical principles in the construction and evaluation of social-psychological theories. Leading international authorities review the conceptual foundations of the field's most influential approaches, scrutinizing the range and limits of theories in various areas of inquiry. The chapters describe basic principles of logical inference, illustrate common fallacies in theoretical interpretations of empirical findings, and outline the unique contributions of different levels of analysis. An in-depth look at the philosophical foundations of theorizing in social psychology, the book will be of interest to any scholar or student interested in scientific explanations of social behavior.

Author : Brent D. Slife,Stephen C. Yanchar,Frank C. Richardson
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 757 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2021-12-28
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781000521931

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Routledge International Handbook of Theoretical and Philosophical Psychology by Brent D. Slife,Stephen C. Yanchar,Frank C. Richardson Pdf

Routledge International Handbook of Theoretical and Philosophical Psychology is a compilation of works by leading scholars in theoretical and philosophical psychology that offers critical analyses of, and alternatives to, current theories and philosophies typically taken for granted in mainstream psychology. Within their chapters, the expert authors briefly describe accepted theories and philosophies before explaining their problems and exploring fresh, new ideas for practice and research. These alternative ideas offer thought-provoking ways of reinterpreting many aspects of human existence often studied by psychologists. Organized into five sections, the volume covers the discipline of psychology in general, various subdisciplines (e.g., positive psychology and human development), concepts of self and identity as well as research and practice. Together the chapters present a set of alternative ideas that have the potential to take the field of psychology in fruitful directions not anticipated in more traditional theory and research. This handbook will be a valuable resource for students and scholars of the theory, assumptions, and history of psychology.

Author : Melvin Herman Marx,William Allen Hillix
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 556 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 1963
Category : Psychology
ISBN : UOM:39015020734722

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Systems and Theories in Psychology by Melvin Herman Marx,William Allen Hillix Pdf

1. the nature of science 2. psychology's place in science 3. systems and theories 4. structuralism 5. functionalism 6. associationism 7. behaviorism 8. gestalt psychology 9. psychoanalysis 10. varieties of S-R theory 11. varieties of field theory 12. varieties of personality theory 13. mathematical and engineering influences on psychology.

Author : International Society for Theoretical Psychology. Conference,Wolfgang Maiers
Publisher : Captus Press
Page : 516 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 1896691757

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Challenges to Theoretical Psychology by International Society for Theoretical Psychology. Conference,Wolfgang Maiers Pdf

Author : Joseph R. Royce,Leendert P. Mos
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 378 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2013-11-11
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781475791914

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Annals of Theoretical Psychology by Joseph R. Royce,Leendert P. Mos Pdf

As such things happen, several manuscripts in the present volume were under review prior to the ones that appeared in Volume I of the Annals. A major difficulty encountered in the preparation of these volumes apart from working up to three years in advance of publication-is elic iting appropriate commentary. If this format is to succeed, the com mentary must be both engaging to the reader and satisfying to the author. It is not yet clear how successful we have been in this regard and, indeed, we do not feel bound to publish commentary with each manuscript that is accepted for publication. Nevertheless, we do invite readers' commentaries on published materials. The contributions by Jan Smedslund and Benjamin Wolman in this volume have been through an inordinately long publication lag. We have been in receipt of both manuscripts since early in 1981 and Dr. Smedslund, especially, has since clarified and advanced his views else where in print. K. B. Madsen and Joseph Rychlak submitted their man uscripts in the fall of 1981 while Michael Hyland and J. Philippe Rushton had first drafts of their manuscripts accepted for publication in the fall of 1982. We are grateful to our contributors for their expressed com mitment to the Annals and assure potential contributors that the delay in publication is a mere matter of getting the series off the ground.

Author : Jack Martin,Jeff Sugarman,Kathleen L. Slaney
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 500 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2015-05-06
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781118748336

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The Wiley Handbook of Theoretical and Philosophical Psychology by Jack Martin,Jeff Sugarman,Kathleen L. Slaney Pdf

The Wiley Handbook of Theoretical and Philosophical Psychology presents a comprehensive exploration of the wide range of methodological approaches utilized in the contemporary field of theoretical and philosophical psychology. The Wiley Handbook of Theoretical and Philosophical Psychology presents a comprehensive exploration of the wide range of methodological approaches utilized in the contemporary field of theoretical and philosophical psychology. Gathers together for the first time all the approaches and methods that define scholarly practice in theoretical and philosophical psychology Chapters explore various philosophical and conceptual approaches, historical approaches, narrative approaches to the nature of human conduct, mixed-method studies of psychology and psychological inquiry, and various theoretical bases of contemporary psychotherapeutic practices Features contributions from ten Past Presidents of the Society of Theoretical and Philosophical Psychology, along with several Past Presidents of other relevant societies

Author : Thomas Teo
Publisher : Springer
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2019-05-29
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9783030167622

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Re-envisioning Theoretical Psychology by Thomas Teo Pdf

This volume presents a re-envisioning of the field of theoretical psychology and offers unique visions for its present and future from leaders of North American philosophical psychology. It contends that theoretical psychology has reached ‘middle-age’ and must consider new directions to renew its growth. Rooted in a range of research traditions and the intellectual biographies of its authors, it paves the way toward this necessary revitalization of the content, activities, responsibilities, and hopes of theoretical psychology. The authors situate their analyses in the context of the increasing gap between alternative and mainstream and between the discipline and the profession of psychology. They demonstrate that changes in society, culture and technology, the internationalization of the psychological humanities, and the cross-fertilization of intellectual innovations from other disciplines now afford possibilities for new orientations in theoretical psychology. The volume aims to do justice to psychological topics, human beings, and the intellectual problems that psychologists encounter, while also providing space for (meta)theoretical engagement, often neglected in the discipline. Together, the chapters in this collection make the case that a renewal of the discipline and practice of psychology is a task that is best accomplished collectively, and, despite significant disagreements, in solidarity.