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Contemporary scientific psychology
Title:
Contemporary scientific psychology
Author:
Gilgen, Albert R., 1930-
ISBN:
9780122834509
9781483266183
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Publication Information:
New York, Academic Press, 1970.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (xiii, 328 pages) illustrations
Contents:
Front Cover; Contemporary Scientific Psychology; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of Contributors; Preface; Acknowledgments; Part I: SCIENTIFIC PSYCHOLOGY; Chapter 1.Introduction: Progress, a Paradigm, and Problems in Scientific Psychology; I. DOES CONDITIONING RESEARCH CONSTITUTE A PARADIGM FOR PSYCHOLOGY?; II. CHARACTERISTICS AND NEEDS OF THE RESEARCH AREAS; III. GUIDELINE TOPICS; REFERENCES; Chapter 2.Observation, Discovery, Confirmation, and Theory Building; I. OBSERVATION; II. DISCOVERY AND CONFIRMATION; III. THEORY BUILDING; IV. THE BANDWAGON EFFECT
V. COMMON FALLACIES CONCERNING THEORY CONSTRUCTIONVI. CURRENT STUDY OF PSYCHOLOGY; REFERENCES; Part II:THE RESEARCH AREAS; Chapter 3. The Biology of Mind: Neurobehavioral Foundations; I. WHAT PSYCHOLOGY CAN BE ABOUT; II. MINDING BRAIN FACTS; III. THE EXPERIMENTAL ANALYSIS OF MIND; IV. A DIFFERENCE THAT MAKES A DIFFERENCE; V. OF INTERDISCIPLINARY ENDEAVORS; VI. THE LANGUAGE OF THE BRAIN; VII. THE EMERGENCE OF A BIOLOGICAL RATIONALISM; REFERENCES; Chapter 4.Philosophy and Method in Behavior Genetics: Its Relation to Biology; I. THE EXTENT OF INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES; II. THE SEARCH FOR GENOTYPES
III. MECHANISM-SPECIFIC APPROACHES IN BEHAVIOR GENETICSIV. ADAPTIVE QUALITIES OF BEHAVIOR; V. CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; Chapter 5.Comparative Psychology; I. ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; II. GENERAL-EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY; III. COMPARATIVE METHOD; IV. CONCLUSIONS; REFERENCES; Chapter 6.Developmental Psychology; I. DEVELOPMENT OF PROFESSIONAL INTERESTS; II. A NEW DIRECTION FOR CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; III. RESEARCH ON NEONATES AND OLDER INFANTS; IV. PROMISING RECENT RESEARCH DEVELOPMENTS; V. CONCLUDING REMARKS; REFERENCES; Chapter 7.A Learning-Behavior Theory: A Basis for Unity in Behavioral-Social Science
I. PERSONAL INFLUENCES AND DEVELOPMENTII. CRITICAL OVERVIEW OF THE FIELD OF LEARNING; III. PROGRAMMATIC OUTLINE OF A LEARNING-BEHAVIOR THEORY; REFERENCES; Chapter 8.Toward a Cognitive Theory of Perceptual Constancy; I. AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL REMARKS; II. THE TOPIC OF PERCEPTION; III. THEORIES OF PERCEPTION; IV. THE PERCEPTUAL CONSTANCIES; V. THEORIES AND RESEARCH ON THE CONSTANCIES; REFERENCES; Chapter 9.Theoretical and Research Approaches in Experimental Social Psychology; I. INFLUENCES OF THE QUESTIONS ASKED; II. CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; Author Index; Subject Index
Abstract:
Contemporary Scientific Psychology is a compendium of papers dealing with the scientific method in action in psychology. The first two papers introduce the paradigm, progress, and problems found in scientific psychology, as well as the observation, discovery, and confirmation used in theory building (including fallacies pertaining to theory construction). Other papers deal with research areas such as the neurobehavioral foundations of the biology of mind. This research area includes the mechanism-specific approaches in behavior genetics, particularly the genetic effect as such effect is consi.
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Shelf Number | Item Barcode | Shelf Location | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| BF21 .G53 1970 EB | 1183626-1001 | Elsevier E-Book Collections | Searching... |
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