Contextualism and understanding in behavioral science : implications for research and theory /

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Imprint:New York : Praeger, 1986.
Description:xiii, 379 p. ; 25 cm.
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/815579
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Other authors / contributors:Rosnow, Ralph L.
Georgoudi, Marianthi, -1985.
ISBN:0275921212 (alk. paper)
0030057078
Notes:Includes indexes.
Bibliography: p. 311-354.
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • Part I. Introduction
  • 1. The Spirit of Contextualism
  • Part Ii. Person-Environment Relations
  • 2. Contextualism And Environmental Psychology
  • 3. Contextual Discipline The Unmaking and Remaking Of Sociality
  • 4. Descartes, Vico, Contextualism And Social Psychology
  • Part Iii. Life-Span Development
  • 5. Contextualism and the Study Of Child Effects in Development
  • 6. Contextual and Relational Perspectives on Adult Psychology
  • 7. Contextualism and Life-Span Developmental Psychology
  • Part Iv. Personality And
  • 8. Contextual Factors In The Normal Personality
  • 9. Contextualism And Psychotherapy
  • 10. Prospects for a Contextualist Theory of Personality
  • Part V. Language And
  • 11. Speaking Practically: Whorf The Formative Function Of Communication And Knowing of the Third Kind
  • 12. Media As Social Contexts
  • 13. The Symbolic Context Of Action and Communication
  • Part Vi. Overview
  • 14. A Perspectivist Looks At Contextualism And The Future of Behavioral Science
  • 15. Summing Up
  • Bibliography
  • Name Index
  • Subject Index
  • About the Contributors