Critical Thinking about Psychology: Hidden Assumptions and Plausible Alternatives

Herausgeber: Slife, Brent D.; Richardson, Frank Calvin; Reber, Jeffrey Stephen

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

In this fascinating volume, experts from varied subdisciplines critique assumptions peculiar to their specialty and then propose alternatives to replace the original assumptions. In analyzing what is taken for granted, this volume teaches critical thinking skills at the same time that it moves psychology in exciting new directions.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: American Psychological Association (APA)
• Seitenzahl: 295
• Erscheinungstermin: Dezember 2004
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 263mm x 183mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 708g
• ISBN-13: 9781591471875
• ISBN-10: 1591471877
• Artikelnr.: 21754768

Autorenporträt

Edited by Brent D. Slife, Jeffrey S. Reber, and Frank C. Richardson

Inhaltsangabe

Contributors
Introduction: Thinking Critically About Critical Thinking
—Brent D. Slife, Stephen C. Yanchar, and Jeffrey S. Reber
I. Clinical and Counseling Psychology
1. Psychotherapy and Modern Dilemmas
—Frank C. Richardson
2. Psychotherapy, Character, and the Good Life
—Blaine J. Fowers
II. Social Psychology
1. Social Psychology: Key Issues, Assumptions, and Implications
—Jeffrey S. Reber and Lisa M. Osbeck
2. Social Psychology: Exploring Alternative Conceptual Foundations
—Edwin E. Gantt
III. Neuroscience and Experimental Psychology
1. The Assumptions and Implications of the Neurobiological Approach to
Depression
—Dawson Hedges and Colin Burchfield
2. Alternative Assumptions for Neuroscience: Formulating a True Monism
—Brent D. Slife and Ramona O. Hopkins
IV. Cognitive Psychology
1. Cognitive Psychology: Hidden Assumptions
—Robert C. Bishop
2. A Contextualist Alternative to Cognitive Psychology
—Stephen C. Yanchar
V. Developmental Psychology
1. Developmental Psychology and the Death of God
—Brian Vandenberg and Shawn P. O'Connor
2. Moral Visions of Developmental Psychology
—John Chambers Christopher
VI. Methodology in Psychology
1. The Language and Methods of Science: Common Assumptions and Uncommon
Conclusions
—Richard N. Williams
2. Toward An Alternative Psychology
—Jeff Sugarman and Jack Martin
Conclusion: Toward Critical Openness
—Suzanne R. Kirschner
Author Index
Subject Index
About the Editors