From Book News, Inc. This first of a two-volume work in the Annals series devoted to developmental psychology deals with the foundations of developmental theory and methodology in four sections: theoretcial problems in developmental psychology, relations between method and theory in development research--a partial-isomorphism view, the structure of developmental theory, and the concept of development in individual and social change. (The second volume--to appear as volume 8 of the Annals--will address theoretical issues in developmental psychology.) Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.

• 1. Psychological Metatheory: An Introduction to Volume 3.- 2. The Place of Theory in a World of Facts.- The Use of Theory in Psychology.- Theory, Metatheory, and Weltanschauung.- The Place of Psychology in a Vacuum of Theories.- The Place of Theory in a World of Facts: Reply to Commentators.- 3. From Mindless Neuroscience and Brainless Psychology to Neuropsychology.- On Being Brainy.- Is Neuropsychology Something New?.- On Research Strategies: Reply to Commentators.- 4. Is Psychoanalysis Therapeutic Technique or Scientific Research? A Metascientific Investigation.- On Lesche’s Metascientific Investigations of Psychoanalysis.- Metatheory and the Practice of Psychoanalysis.- Psychoanalysis as Research, Therapy, and Theory.- Is Psychoanalysis Therapeutic Technique or Scientific Research? A Metascientific Investigation: Reply to Commentators.- Psychology and Philosophy of Science.- Psychology and Philosophy of Science: A Commentary.- Psychology, Philosophy, and Scientific Research Programs.- Psychological or Philosophical Issues? Reply to Commentators.- 6. The Problem of Theoretical Pluralism in Psychology.- Theoretical Pluralism and Complementarity.- The Problem of Singularism.- Is Theoretical Pluralism Necessary in Psychology?.- The Problem of Theoretical Pluralism in Psychology: Reply to Commentators.- Author Index.