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Paul van Geert, Naomi de Ruiter - Toward a Process Approach in Psychology, Inbunden

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Toward a Process Approach in Psychology

Stepping into Heraclitus' River

Av Paul van Geert, Naomi de Ruiter

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Beskrivning
Psychological science constructs much of the knowledge that we consume in our everyday lives. This book is a systematic analysis of this process, and of the nature of the knowledge it produces. The authors show how mainstream scientific activity treats psychological properties as being fundamentally stable, universal, and isolable. They then challenge this status quo by inviting readers to recognize that dynamics, context-specificity, interconnectedness, and uncertainty, are a natural and exciting part of human psychology - these are not things to be avoided and feared, but instead embraced. This requires a shift toward a process-based approach that recognizes the situated, time-dependent, and fundamentally processual nature of psychological phenomena. With complex dynamic systems as a framework, this book sketches out how we might move toward a process-based praxis that is more suitable and effective for understanding human functioning.
Produktinformation
  • Utgivningsdatum: 2022-07-28
  • Mått: 157 x 235 x 25 mm
  • Vikt: 700 g
  • Format: Inbunden
  • Språk: Engelska
  • Antal sidor: 380
  • Förlag: Cambridge University Press
  • ISBN: 9781108490900
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Paul van Geert is Emeritus Professor of developmental psychology at the University of Groningen, the Netherlands. He is considered a pioneer in the application of the (complex) dynamic systems approach to a broad range of developmental areas, including cognitive and early language development, second language acquisition, learning-teaching processes, and educational processes. Naomi de Ruiter is a developmental psychologist and an Assistant Professor at University College Groningen, the Netherlands. In her research, she applies a (complex) dynamic systems approach to the study of self and identity, and to classroom interactions.

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'Contemporary psychology has supplemented its traditional cabinet of curiosities, where inner substances such as 'intelligence' and 'extraversion' have long been on display, with the discovery of several others we didn't know we have. Virtuous substances such as 'self-esteem', 'grit', and 'self-compassion' are now exhibited alongside more noxious substances, such as post-traumatic stress disorder or Borderline Personality Disorder. For those who might, at this point, feel there are just too many inner substances to keep track of, Paul van Geert and Naomi de Ruiter offer some relief. They argue that many research programs in psychology get caught up in their own dubious assumptions, neglecting the vicissitudes of individual lives as lived over time. With learning and humor, ranging from Ancient Greece to Monty Python, they invite readers to contemplate a less rigid, more dynamic and process-oriented research agenda in psychology.' Paul Harris, Victor S. Thomas Professor of Education, Harvard University, USA

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