Time and psychological explanation /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Slife, Brent D.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Albany, NY : State University of New York Press, ©1993.
Series:SUNY series, alternatives in psychology.
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Online Access:CONNECT
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Newtonian Time and Psychological Explanation. The Rise of Linear Time in Western Culture. Newtonian Time. Newton's Temporal Framework for Explanation. Criticisms of Newton's Framework. Psychology's Newtonian Framework
  • 2. Developmental Psychology. The History of Time and Developmental Studies. The Newtonian Framework and Developmental Stages. Newtonian Explanations of Social Development. Anomalies to the Newtonian Paradigm for Development
  • 3. Personality Theory. The Conceptual Roots of Personality Theory. Objectivist and Subjectivist Models of Time. Freud as a Mixed Model Theorist. The Objectivist Tradition in Personality. Bandura's Social Cognitive Theory. The Subjectivist Tradition-Newtonian Anomalies
  • 4. Psychological Method. The History of Method and Time. The Newtonian Framework of Method. Anomalous Methods
  • 5. Cognitive Psychology. Time and Associationism
  • A Brief History. Rationalism Versus Empiricism. Time and Contemporary Cognitive Psychology. Language and Problem Solving. Anomalies to the Current Paradigm
  • 6. Individual Therapy. The History of Individual Therapy and Time. Modern Individual Therapy and Time
  • 7. Group Therapy. Linear Time and the Study of Groups. The History of Group Therapy and Time. The Current Status of Group Therapy
  • 8. Family Therapy. The History of Family Therapy and Time. The Current Status of Family Therapy
  • 9. General Temporal Themes of Explanation. General Themes of the Newtonian Temporal Paradigm. General Anomalies to the Newtonian Temporal Paradigm. Implications of the Anomalies for Causation and Change
  • 10. Alternative Assumptions of Time. Organismic Holism. Hermeneutic Temporality.