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Life-span developmental psychology, dialectical perspectives on experimental research
Title:
Life-span developmental psychology, dialectical perspectives on experimental research
Author:
West Virginia University Conference on Life-Span Developmental Psychology (5th : 1976)
ISBN:
9780122035609
9781483265773
Publication Information:
New York : Academic Press, 1977.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (xv, 367 pages) : illustrations
Contents:
Front Cover; Life-Span Developmental Psychology: Dialectical Perspectives on Experimental Research; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of Contributors; Preface; Acknowledgments; Dedication; PART 1. THEORETICAL ISSUES; CHAPTER 1. The Dialectics of Time; I. On the History of the Concepts of Space and Time; II. The Multiple Bases of Time: Time as Energy; III. The Interactive Determination of Time: Time as Transformation; IV. The Analyses of Event Sequences: Time as Construction; V. The Structure of Event Sequences; REFERENCES
CHAPTER 2. After the Apple: Post-Newtonian Metatheory for Jaded PsychologistsI. Quantum Mechanics: The Temptation and the Fall; II. The Seasons of Man: Toward an Organic Model of Time; III. Epigenesis Reconsidered: Biological Imperatives and Cultural Alternatives; IV. Dialectical Psychology: A Problem in the Sociology of Knowledge; V. Conclusion: The Fruits of Antithesis; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 3. Social Proof Structures: The Dialectic of Method and Theory in the Work of Psychology; I. Introduction; II. Research versus Theory in the Wundt-Titchener Laboratory; III. Some Control Cases
IV. The Pluralization of PsychologyV. The Principle of Proof versus the Principle of Consistency; VI. The Dialectic between Paradigms; VII. The Movements of Psychology; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 4. Behaviorism, Cognitive Psychology, and the Active Organism; I. Introduction; II. Methodological Behaviorism; III. Conditioning Theories; IV. Cognitive Psychology; V. Active and Reactive Organisms; VI. The Rejection of Theories; VII. Summary; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 5. Cohort, Age, and Time of Measurement: Biomorphic Considerations; I. Introduction; II. A Biomorphic Approach to Human Behavior
III. Age, Cohort, and TimeIV. Experimental and Analytic Approaches; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 6. The Status of Dialectics in Developmental Psychology: Theoretical Orientation versus Scientific Method; I. Introduction and Objective; II. The Research Issues in Developmental Psychology; III. Dialectics and Scientific Inquiry; IV. Dialectics and Developmental Psychology; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 7. Stability, Change, and Chance in Understanding Human Development; I. Toward Theoretical Evaluation; II. Theoretical Forms for Understanding Human Development
III. Constitutional and Cultural Contributionsto an Aleatory OrientationREFERENCES; CHAPTER 8. Another Look at the Issue of Continuity versus Change in Models of Human Development; REFERENCES; PART 2: RESEARCH APPLICATIONS; CHAPTER 9. Dialectics and Research on Remembering; I. Dialectics; II. A Phenomenological and a Behavioral Approach to Remembering; III. The Reification of Memory; IV. Research Applications of a Dialectical Perspective; V. Conclusion; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 10. ""Remembering"" Is Alive and Well (and Even Thriving) in Empiricism; I. Introduction
Abstract:
Life-Span Developmental Psychology: Dialectical Perspectives on Experimental Research is a compilation of papers that deals with the dialectical perspective focusing on the developmental process of the individual's interaction with the environment. Part 1 discusses the theoretical issues of psychological theorists such as Piaget and Kaplan. The text includes topics such as the dialectics of time and post-Newtonian metatheory for psychologists. One paper discusses the dialectic method and theory in the work of psychology as social proof structures, particularly when systems of action cause con.
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Shelf Number | Item Barcode | Shelf Location | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| BF712.5 .W47 1976 | 1178828-1001 | Elsevier E-Book Collections | Searching... |
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