Paradigms in Theory Construction

Book Overview

Introduction. On the Nature of Psychological Paradigms. Section I. Meta-theoretical Paradigms: General-Integrative. Biopsychosocial. Information Processing. Ecological. Interbehaviorism. Levels of Analysis and Observations. Life-span Perspective. Systems. Section II. Meta-theoretical Paradigms: Particular-Specific. Behaviorism. Cognitivism. Contextualism. Empiricism. Existentialism. Rationalism. Section III. Operational Paradigms. Reductionism Proper. Organic Reductionism. Produced Emergent Interactionism. Spontaneous Emergent Interactionism. Synthetic Integration. Salience. Section IV. Conclusion. The Role of Specificity in Paradigm Selection.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1461409136
• ISBN13: 9781461409137
• Release Date: December 2011
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 458 Pages
• Weight: 1.84 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.1" x 9.2"