From Methodology to Methods in Human Psychology

• Main Author: Valsiner, Jaan (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Psychology,
• Subjects: Psychology.; Biological psychology.; Psychology > Methodology.; Psychological measurement.; Cross-cultural psychology.; Self.; Identity (Psychology).; Psychological Methods/Evaluation.; Biological Psychology.; Cross Cultural Psychology.; General Psychology.; Self and Identity.; History of Psychology.

This Brief aims to provide a theoretically innovative introduction to the methodology of the human sciences. It presents a new version of methodology, as a system of mutually linked acts of creating knowledge where both abstract and concrete features of research are intricately intertwined. It shows...

Table of Contents:

• Chapter 1. General Epistemology of Open Systems
• Chapter 2. Methodology in the new key: The Methodology Cycle
• Chapter 3. Frames of Reference
• Chapter 4. The Role of Methods in the Methodology Cycle
• Chapter 5. Introspection as the Basic Method in Psychological Science
• Chapter 6. Pathways to Extrospection: Interview, Questionnaire, Experiment
• Chapter 7. Generalization from Single Instances
• Chapter 8. Validity in the Study of Transient Forms
• Chapter 9. Conclusion.