| Description |
1 online resource (154 pages) |
| Contents |
Chapter 1 Introduction -- Chapter 2 Some historical considerations -- Chapter 3 Causation -- Chapter 4 Intentions -- Chapter 5 Skinner and the behavior analysts -- Chapter 6 Hermeneutics and rhetoric: the rise of the active organism -- Chapter 7 Social images in theories of psychology -- Epilogue: the limits and possibilities of explanation -- References -- Author index -- Subject index |
| Summary |
This book is a thorough revision of the successful Assumptions of Social Psychology, first published in 1969. Reexamining the implicit and explicit assumptions concerning inquiry as to the nature of the human organism, it takes as its major thesis the idea that the epistemologies utilized by social psychologists -- encompassing behavioral, intentional, and historical analyses -- are complementary rather than contradictory. After examining key figures in the history of Western epistemology, such as Descartes, Vico, Hume, and Kant, contemporary issues such as the nature of causation, inte |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Social psychology.
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social psychology.
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PSYCHOLOGY -- Social Psychology.
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Social psychology
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781317782728 |
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1317782720 |
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1306344328 |
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9781306344326 |
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9781315807164 |
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1315807165 |
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9781317782704 |
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1317782704 |
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9780805810226 |
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0805810226 |
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9780805810233 |
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0805810234 |
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