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

• Pubblicazione: Cham, Switzerland : , : Springer, , [2022]; ©2022
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (163 pages)
• Disciplina: 150.724
• Soggetto topico: Psychology, Experimental; Psicologia experimental
• Soggetto genere / forma: Llibres electrònics
• Persona (resp. second.): GozliDavood; ValsinerJaan
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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 -- Why Inference to the Best Explanation Is Problematic -- Basic Kinds of Scientific Questions and the Methods Corresponding to Them -- The First Questions That May Lead to Sciencing -- Attempts to Answer the First Questions Can Lead to the Next: Is There a Nonsensory Cause? -- How to Distinguish the Indistinguishable and How to Unite the Ununitable? -- There Seems to Be a Nonsensory Difference, How Did It Emerge? -- What Are the Parts? -- How the Parts Are Related One to another? -- Did We Get It Right? Confirmation of Truth -- References -- Chapter 9: Conclusion: From Experimental to Experiential Psychology -- Experiment as an Administrative Act -- Experiment as Theatre -- Seeking the Truth -- References -- Index.
• Titolo autorizzato: Experimental psychology
• ISBN: 3-031-17053-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910633934803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Theory and history in the human and social sciences.