Paradigms in Theory Construction - Hardback

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.

• | Author: Luciano L'Abate
• | Publisher: Springer
• | Publication Date: Dec 01, 2011
• | Number of Pages: 458 pages
• | Binding: Hardback or Cased Book
• | ISBN-10: 1461409136
• | ISBN-13: 9781461409137