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Zero-Variable Theories and the Psychology of the Explainer - Couverture souple

Wicklund, Robert A. A.

 
9781461279747: Zero-Variable Theories and the Psychology of the Explainer
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ISBN 10 : 1461279747 ISBN 13 : 9781461279747
Editeur : Springer, 2011

Synopsis

In Zero-Variable Theories, Dr. Robert Wicklund invites the reader to consider the psychological perspective of the "explainer". In examining the over-simplifications that have become dominant in modern psychology, the author points to such factors as competition with other explainers and pressure to offer and promulgate a unique explanation. The explainer is characterized as equating theory with simple, fixed categories, and as defending those categories as one would defend a personal territory, fending off competing explainers through mis-use of statistical devices. The end result is the formulation of theories that neglect the perspectives of those whose behaviors are to be explained, and which simultaneously exclude psychological variables.

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Éditeur
Springer
Date d'édition
2011
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1461279747
ISBN 13 
9781461279747
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
172
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