Experimental psychology ambitions and possibilities

Experimental psychology ambitions and possibilities / Davood Gozli, Jaan Valsiner, editors.

This work brings together different perspectives on psychological methods and particularly methods involving experimentation. To encourage a reflective use of research methods, the authors illuminate the historical, philosophical, and scientific dimensions of methodology, providing both defenses and...

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Other Authors: Gozli, Davood, Valsiner, Jaan
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham, Switzerland : Springer, 2023.
Series:Theory and history in the human and social sciences.
Subjects:
Psychology, Experimental.
Psychology, Experimental
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Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • Contents
  • Chapter 1: Finding the Place of Experimental Psychology: Introduction
  • References
  • Chapter 2: From Introspection to Experiment: Wundt and Avenarius' Debate on the Definition of Psychology
  • Aim of the Paper
  • Historical Background
  • Wilhelm Wundt Between Introspection and Experiment
  • Richard Avenarius and the Physiological Experiment as a Paradigm
  • Wundt's Reply to Avenarius
  • Groundbreaking Aspects of Avenarius' Conception of Psychology
  • What Can We Learn from the Debate Between Avenarius and Wundt About Experimental Psychology?
  • References
  • Chapter 3: Truth and Mind: How Embodied Concepts Constrain How We Define Truth in Psychological Science
  • What Is Truth?
  • Embodiment and Grounding: A Brief Introduction
  • How the Brain Represents : Maps and Cognitive Controllers
  • What the Brain Represents: Affordances
  • Consequences of Embodiment for Our Understanding of Concepts
  • Consequences of Embodied Concepts for Science and Truth
  • The Way Out of Psychology's Truth Crises
  • References
  • Chapter 4: Operationalization and Generalization in Experimental Psychology: A Plea for Bold Claims
  • Introduction
  • Tasks as Means, Tasks as Ends
  • Operationalization
  • Bold Claims: The Case of Rule-Violation Behavior
  • Generalization
  • References
  • Chapter 5: The Role of Social Context in Experimental Studies on Dishonesty
  • Introduction
  • Major Experimental Paradigms of Dishonesty Research
  • Performance Misreporting Tasks
  • Stochastic Tasks
  • Social Tasks
  • Instructed Intention Tasks
  • Dishonesty with and Without Deception
  • Simulating Dishonesty in a Lab
  • Harm and Victim Identity
  • Hierarchy of Rules and Norms
  • Conclusion
  • References
  • Chapter 6: What Is a Task and How Do You Know If You Have One or More?
  • Introduction
  • Addressing the Limitations of SR Associations
  • Task Switching and Task Representation
  • Limits of Task Switching
  • Switching Costs May Not Always Reflect Switching Tasks
  • Summary
  • References
  • Chapter 7: The Problem of Interpretation in Experimental Research
  • Meaning of Events
  • Detection and Adoption of Norms
  • Neglecting Meaning
  • Conclusion
  • References
  • Chapter 8: Methodology of Science: Different Kinds of Questions Require Different Methods
  • There Is Methodology and There Is Methodology
  • Some Definitions
  • What Is Science?
  • Science Is Knowledge
  • Knowledge of Causes
  • Different Theories of Causality
  • Knowledge About Nonsensory World
  • Scientific Knowledge Is Constructed
  • Science Is Based on Method
  • Scientific Methods Require Methodology
  • Two Kinds of Methodological Questions
  • Methodology Today and the Role of a Question in Sciencing
  • Why Pure Induction Is Impossible
  • Why Hypothetico-Deductive Method Can Be Highly Fallible
  • Why Bayesian (and Haig's Abductive Theory of) Method Is Useless for Psychology

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