In Defence Of Empirical Psychology

Author : D. E. Broadbent
Publisher : Psychology Press
ISBN 13 : 1317753437
Total Pages : 284 pages
Book Rating : 4.38/5 ( download)

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Download or read book In Defence of Empirical Psychology (Psychology Revivals) written by D. E. Broadbent and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2014-01-09 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published in 1973, this book contains the 1971 William James Lectures at Harvard, the first by that name to be given by a British psychologist. In addition, there are reprints of four shorter lectures which had not been easily available before. Together the resulting collection gave a broad picture of a number of advances in human psychology in the previous ten years. Memory, attention, language, and the processes of decision are discussed, and typical recent ideas and experiments described. Each topic is presented, however, with continual reference to the reasons why the research was done, its implications for philosophy and for scientific method, and its connection with an attitude to politics and life as a whole. The author not only describes little known facts about the way people take decisions or remember, but also argues that we are living through a change in our attitudes to human nature: and that proper concern for human values, or understanding of people with minds different from our own, must demand a more scientific and less intuitive analysis of man. Experiments on human beings still strike many of us as cold-blooded and inhuman; this book tries to explain why some scientists devote themselves to this approach. It makes the connection between measurements of reaction time or of ability to see a written word in a brief flash, and our political and personal beliefs. Donald E. Broadbent is well recognised as a major influence on cognitive psychology today. This reissue is an opportunity to see his exceptional writing in print again and should be read with equal interest by psychologists as well as laymen who would like to know about some of the more practical aspects of psychological enquiry of the time.

Author : Donald E. Broadbent
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 222 pages
Book Rating : 4.38/5 ( download)

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Download or read book In Defence of Empirical Psychology written by Donald E. Broadbent and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Mariagrazia Di Giuseppe
Publisher : Frontiers Media SA
ISBN 13 : 2889741192
Total Pages : 181 pages
Book Rating : 4.99/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Recent Empirical Research and Methodologies in Defense Mechanisms written by Mariagrazia Di Giuseppe and published by Frontiers Media SA. This book was released on 2022-01-20 with total page 181 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Uwe Hentschel
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 146138303X
Total Pages : 456 pages
Book Rating : 4.31/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Concept of Defense Mechanisms in Contemporary Psychology written by Uwe Hentschel and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What is the scientific status and the "truth value" of the concept of defense mechanisms? Among contemporary psychologists, three types of answers to this question may be expected. Some would wholeheartedly endorse the theoretical, clinical, and research value of this notion; others would reject it outright. Between these two extremes, a large number of observers, perhaps the majority, would suspend their judgment. Their attitude, compounded of hope and doubt, would capitalize on defense as an interesting and promising concept. At the same time, these psy chologists would express skepticism and disappointment over its clinical limitations, theoretical ambiguity, and research failures. The present volume is primarily addressed to the audience of hopeful skeptics-those who have not given up on the notion of defense, yet have been frustrated by the difficulties of incorporating it into the modern, streamlined structure of psychology. To this end, we have brought together theoretical and empirical contributions germane to defense together with reports about their applications to clinical and personality assessment, especially in relation to psychopathology, psychosomatics, and psycho therapeutic intervention.

Author : Joshua W. Clegg
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351478230
Total Pages : 152 pages
Book Rating : 4.36/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Observation of Human Systems written by Joshua W. Clegg and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-12-02 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Contemporary mainstream psychology has moved toward methodological specificity bounded by instrumental experimentalism. However, this institutional reduction of sanctioned methods has not been fully embraced by all social scientists, nor even by all experimental psychologists. The social sciences are rife with examples of practicing empirical scientists disaffected with the reductionism and atomism of traditional experimentalism.The empirical theory and practice of four of these disaffected social scientists--Lev Vygotsky, James Baldwin, James Gibson, and Kurt Lewin--is explored in this volume. Each of the scientists considered here argued for a rigorously empirical method while still maintaining a clear anti-reductionist stance. They justified their disaffection with the dominant psychological paradigms of their respective eras in terms of a fidelity to their phenomena of study, a fidelity they believed would be compromised by radical reductionism and ontological atomism.The authors in this collection explore the theory and practice of these eminent researchers and from it find inspiration for contemporary social science. The primary argument running through these analyses is that the social sciences should take seriously the notion of holistic empirical investigation. This means, among other things, re-establishing the indissoluble ties between theory, method and procedure and resisting the manualization of research procedures. It also means developing theories of relations and not simply of elemental properties. Such theories would concern particular units, fields, or systems of relations and not be reduced to, or interpreted in the terms of, other systems. Finally, a holistic social science requires integration of the active agent into theory, method, and procedure, an integration that points toward both participatory and emancipatory methods."

Author : Gustav Adolf Lindner
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.37/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Manual of Empirical Psychology as an Inductive Science written by Gustav Adolf Lindner and published by . This book was released on 1889 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : David Cohen
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 131761268X
Total Pages : 313 pages
Book Rating : 4.81/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Psychologists on Psychology (Classic Edition) written by David Cohen and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-10-17 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a Classic Edition of David Cohen’s unique collection of interviews with eminent psychologists, first published in 1977. The book presents conversations with thirteen of the world’s great psychologists, who dominated the subject from 1950 to 1980, and who shaped psychology as we know it today. Those interviewed include Burrhus Skinner, Donald Broadbent, Hans Eysenck and also R.D Laing, Noam Chomsky, and Niko Tinbergen. This classic edition contains a newly written introduction which contextualises the interviews as a critique and diagnosis of the problems of contemporary psychology in the mid 1970’s. Together, the interviews cover a broad range of approaches, and the lively debates about theory, practice and what it means to be human which were occurring at that time. The book shows the different approaches each psychologist has to the subject and why, in terms of background, education, experimental research and personal preference, they came to the positions they hold. The classic edition of Psychologists on Psychology provides an astute, critical snapshot of psychology at that time. It will be of great interest to anyone with an interest in psychology, the history of psychology, and the history of ideas.

Author : Richard Gross
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1134839189
Total Pages : 364 pages
Book Rating : 4.86/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Psychology in Historical Context written by Richard Gross and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2017-07-06 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Psychology, the study of mind and behaviour, has developed as a unique discipline in its brief history. Whether as it currently takes place, or how it has been conducted over the past 140 years or so since it became recognized as a separate field of study, there has been constant debate on its identity as a science. Psychology in Historical Context: Theories and Debates examines this debate by tracing the emergence of Psychology from parent disciplines, such as philosophy and physiology, and analyzes key topics such as: the nature of science, itself a much misunderstood human activity often equated with natural science; the nature of the scientific method, and the relationship between data gathering and generalization; the nature of certainty and objectivity, and their relevance to understanding the kind of scientific discipline Psychology is today. This engaging overview, written by renowned author Richard Gross, is an accessible account of the main conceptual themes and historical developments. Covering the core fields of individual differences, cognitive, social, and developmental psychology, as well as evolutionary and biopsychology, it will enable readers to understand how key ideas and theories have had impacts across a range of topics. This is the only concise textbook to give students a thorough grounding in the major conceptual ideas within the field, as well as the key figures whose ideas have helped to shape it.

Author : Gustav Adolf Linder
Publisher : Hardpress Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781290948319
Total Pages : 298 pages
Book Rating : 4.13/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Manual of Empirical Psychology As an Inductive Science written by Gustav Adolf Linder and published by Hardpress Publishing. This book was released on 2012-08-01 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made available for future generations to enjoy.

Author : Stuart Brown
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1349021105
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.09/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Philosophy of Psychology written by Stuart Brown and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-01-05 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: