Discursive Psychology in Practice

Rom Harré is a Fellow of Linacre College, Oxford and Professor of Psychology at Georgetown University, Washington, DC

`This book is a fascinating collection of strands woven together to give a picture of how discursive methods provide a more detailed and fuller understanding of various phenomena which have long been the focus of psychological activity... it provides the reflective practitioner with new ways of looking at existing problems, and it may lead to a re-evaluation of the way we see and understand our world. Many of the chapters touch on issues which are central to our work as psychologists; it is invigorating to explore alternative constructions and therefore I recommend this book′ - British Psychological Society Division of Educational and Child Psychology Newsletter

• Introduction - Rom Harr[ac]e and Peter StearnsPsychology as Discourse AnalysisPART ONE: DISMANTLING THE INNER/OUTER DISTINCTION: THE PSYCHOLOGY OF EMOTION, MEMORY AND EXOTIC COGNITIVE STATESRemembering - Derek Edwards and Jonathan PotterEmotion - Peter StearnsConstructing Divinity - Nancy C Much and Manamohan MahapatraPART TWO: COGNITION IN PUBLIC: THE PSYCHOLOGY OF DECISION AND ACTIONAttribution - Derek Edwards and Jonathan PotterAgentive Discourse - Rom Harr[ac]eDecision-Making - Donal CarbaughPART THREE: THE LANGUAGE GAME OF LANGUAGE ACQUISITIONLanguage Development - Christina ErnelingPART FOUR: SOME USES OF TRADITIONAL METHODSEmotions and Discursive Norms - Muriel EgertonPictorial Discourse and Learning - Sandra L Calvert