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Psychology and the question of agency /
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| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Autor principal: | |
| Otros Autores: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Albany :
State University of New York Press,
©2003.
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| Colección: | SUNY series, alternatives in psychology.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Machine generated contents note: 1. Psychology and the Question of Agency
- Some Relevant Background for What Follows
- Psychology's Disavowal of Agency
- Aspirations
- 2. Reductionism in Psychology
- Historical Sketch
- Research Practices and the Construction of Pseudo-Psychological Kinds
- Roles of Professional Psychology
- Another Kind of Reductionism in Psychology
- Antidote in Brief
- 3. Between Hard Determinism and Radical Freedom
- Definitions and Distinctions
- Critical Consideration of Some Notable Attempts at Soft Determinism
- Hermeneutics and Agency
- 4. Undetermination and Irreducibility of Agency
- Argument for the Underdetermination of Agency
- Contemporary Programs of Reductionism and the Irreducibility of Agency
- Summary and Links
- 5. Theory of Situated, Emergent, and Deliberative Agency
- Levels of Reality
- Existential Starting Point and a Brief Conception of Personhood
- Developmental Emergence of Situated, Deliberative Agency and Psychological Kinds
- Understanding and Care within Traditions of Living
- Summarizing Our Theory of Agency and Psychological Kinds
- Implications for Understanding Psychological Phenomena
- Final Word
- 6. Putting Agency into Psychology
- Re-envisioning Psychological Research: Reinforcement Theory and Beyond
- Re-envisioning Psychological Practice
- Sociopolitical Consequences of Situated, Emergent, and Deliberative Agency
- Concluding Comment.