Toward a Process Approach in Psychology - Stepping Into Heraclitus'' River

This book is relevant for anyone involved in the practice of psychology and the social sciences more broadly: researchers, teachers, students, and practitioners. It challenges the status quo with regards to the way that psychology is done, and it offers a unified solution that encompasses both theory and methodology.

List of contents

Introduction; 1. Change, the final frontier; 2. A (selected) foundation for a process approach; 3. The goal of Socrates; 4. Esteeming entities; 5. A person acting amongst persons; 6. Cliffhangers and utilitarian infants; 7. Causes, kings and interventions; 8. (Compl)explanation and King Alfonso's lament; 9. What's in a name?; 10. (Un)certainties; 11. Troubled waters of Hercalitus' river?; 12. Psychological science as a complex dynamic system.

About the author

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.

Summary

This book is relevant for anyone involved in the practice of psychology and the social sciences more broadly: researchers, teachers, students, and practitioners. It challenges the status quo with regards to the way that psychology is done, and it offers a unified solution that encompasses both theory and methodology.

Product details

• Authors: Naomi de Ruiter, Paul van Geert, Paul (Rijksuniversiteit Groningen Van Geert
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.01.2024
• EAN: 9781108796651
• ISBN: 978-1-108-79665-1
• No. of pages: 379
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Psychology: general, reference works; Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > Communication science; Psychology, PSYCHOLOGY / Developmental / Child, REFERENCE / Research, Child & developmental psychology, Child, developmental and lifespan psychology, Research methods: general, Research & information: general, Research and information: general