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Record Nr.

UNINA9910480824303321

Autore

Lamiell James T

Titolo

Beyond individual and group differences [[electronic resource] ] : human individuality, scientific psychology, and William Stern's critical personalism / / James T. Lamiell

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Thousand Oaks, Calif. ; ; London, : SAGE Publications, c2003

ISBN

1-322-41849-7

1-4522-6268-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (361 p.)

Disciplina

155.2

Soggetti

Psychology - History - 20th century

Psychology - History - 19th century

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 303-318) and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Detailed Contents; Preface; 1 - Introduction; 2 - The Problem of Individuality and the Historical Emergence of a"Differential" Psychology; 3 - The Narrowing of Perspective in the Proliferation of Standardized Testing and Correlational Research; 4 - The Entrenchment of a "Common Trait" Perspective on Human Individuality; Part Two: Statistical Thinking in Post-Wundtian Psychology; 5 - The Emergence of a "Neo-Galtonian" Framework for Psychological Research: A Historical Sketch

6 - Contemporary "Nomotheticism" Within the Framework of Neo-Galtonian Inquiry. A Methodological Primer7 - Contemporary "Nomotheticism" in Critical Perspective; Part Three: Rethinking the Problem; 8 - An Introduction to Critical Personalism; 9 - Some Models of Personalistic Inquiry in Contemporary Psychology; 10 - Our Differences Aside Persons, Things, Individuality, and Community; References; Author Index; Subject Index; About the Author

Sommario/riassunto

The author provides book-length treatment of the concept of human individuality in 20th century scientific psychology highlighting the historical contributions made by the German psychologist and philosopher William Stern (1871-1938).