Discursive Psychology in Practice: 1 (Research and Practice) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0803977379 ISBN 13: 9780803977372

Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd, 1995

Synopsis

In the last decade, many diverse streams of thought have come together in an international movement to reject the traditional view that a `scientific′ psychology must rely on an experimental methodology. Underpinning this movement is the principle that the main characteristics of human life are best understood as produced through discourse. This `discursive′ psychology has found adherents across the range of psychological disciplines and has ushered in a completely revised understanding of the subject.

This volume shows how to put these theoretical and methodological insights to work in the investigation of concrete problems in psychology. The internationally renowned contributors re-examine a range of traditional psychological topics, from decision-making, memory and attribution to emotions, learning and the self, and in the process map out the foundations of a new psychology.

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Rom Harré is a Fellow of Linacre College, Oxford and Professor of Psychology at Georgetown University, Washington, DC

This volume shows how to put these theoretical and methodological insights to work in the investigation of concrete problems in psychology. The internationally renowned contributors re-examine a range of traditional psychological topics, from decision-making, memory and attribution to emotions, learning and the self, and in the process map out the foundations of a new psychology.

Edition details

• Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd
• Publication date: 1995
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0803977379
• ISBN 13: 9780803977372
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 240
• Editor: Harre Rom, Stearns Peter N., Stearns Peter