Current systems in psychology : theory, research, and application

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Author:

Smith, Noel W.

ISBN:

9780830414840

9780830414871

Personal Author:

Smith, Noel W.

Publication Information:

Belmont, Calif. : Wadsworth Pub., 1999.

Physical Description:

xiv, 430 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Contents:

1. Introduction -- 2. Historical background and logic of science -- 3. Cognitive psychology: mentalism, computer analogies and a double world -- 4. Humanistic psychology: meaning, inner reality and self-causation -- 5. Psychoanalysis: departures from most of Freud -- 6. Behavior analysis: from operant conditioning to behavior therapy and rule-governed behavior -- 7. Eco-behavioral science/ecological psychology: predictable patterns in the interface between physical settings and people -- 8. Postmodern and social constructivism: science and mythology as equally valid, truth being totally relative -- 9. Dialectical psychology: conflict and contradiction as a basis of change -- 10. Interbehavioral psychology: the event field as observable interactions replacing assumptions of mind and brain -- 11. Operant subjectivity: objectivity of subjectivity

12. Phenomenalogical psychology: meaning, consciousness, and relating to the world -- 13. From community to probabilities -- 14. Looking back and sorting out -- Appendix: Postulates of each system.

Abstract:

Noel Smith presents a comprehensive and engaging text that strives to tell students "what today's systems of psychology are saying." He offers in-depth coverage of more recent systems of psychology, beyond the traditional classical systems of psychology. Smith focuses on the core areas of psychological systems that have impact today, such as the cognitive system, the humanistic system, the psychoanalytic systems, the behavioral system, the ecological perspective, and the phenomenological approach. His thorough coverage of the contemporary, post 1950's systems of psychology - including post modernism and social constructionism, dialectical psychology, interbehavioral field psychology, operant subjectivity, and community psychology, to name a few - offers a modern view of the current systems of psychology to today's psychology students.

Subject Term:

Psychology.

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