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Methods of Theoretical Psychology (Bradford Books)

By André Kukla

Book information

Publisher
The MIT Press
Year
2001
ISBN
0262112612, 9780262112611
LCC
BF38 .K84 2001
Open Library ID
OL6788887M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
605 kB (619548 bytes)
Pages
325\238
Topic
Psychology
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

Theoretical psychology stands in the same relation to psychology as theoretical physics does to physics. The traditional way to study theoretical psychology is to take up one approach after another--behavioral, psychoanalytic, cognitive, and so on. The aim of this book is not to impart a substantive knowledge of core psychological theories, or even to analyze critically selected theories. Instead, it is to prepare the reader to analyze and advance the theoretical literature in any tradition.A good theoretician should be able to contribute to the study of psychoanalytic theory as readily as to behavioral theory. The skills required are the same. Instead of covering a sequence of theories, therefore, the book is organized around types of theoretical activities. It is not a work in theoretical psychology; it is a book about theoretical psychology. It also confronts psychologists' underestimation of the variety and the significance of theoretical work. Many theoretical issues do not call for empirical research--they require nothing but thinking.

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