Dynamic Process Methodology in the Social and Developmental Sciences [electronic resource] /
Valsiner, Jaan.editor.
Molenaar, Peter C. M.editor.
Lyra, Maria C.D.P.editor.
Chaudhary, Nandita.editor.
Dynamic Process Methodology in the Social and Developmental Sciences Edited by Jaan Valsiner, Peter C.M. Molenaar, Maria C.D.P. Lyra, and Nandita Chaudhary Reality is dynamic: filled with variables and constantly in flux. So are the physical, psychological, and social processes that make up our lives-so much so, assert the contributors to Dynamic Process Methodology in the Social and Developmental Sciences, that phenomena science often dismisses as "anecdotal" evidence are in fact the valuable record of highly individual dynamic systems. Informed by dynamic systems theory and the rich history of person-centered therapy, the editors argue that the current emphasis on phenomena as data eliminates unique human context in the name of statistical accuracy, and propose instead an idiopathic re-reading of the social sciences. An international panel of researchers provides historical bases for the study of dynamic phenomena as well as a variety of pertinent applications from daycare centers to political parties, answering bedrock questions about idiographic research (e.g., what constitutes sampling?), and offering scientifically valid methods for extracting evidence from individual cases. Among the topics covered: Systemic knowledge use in medicine and psychology. The ethnography of everyday life. Life histories as sources for knowledge. Qualitative modeling of intra-individual change. Social dynamics in complex family contexts. Dynamic methodology in infancy research. With its balance of quantitative and qualitative approaches, Dynamic Process Methodology in the Social and Developmental Sciences consolidates a growing, innovative knowledge base particularly suited to the current state of social science, and stands as a forward-looking reference for psychologists, sociologists, anthropologists, and educators.
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The Unbearable Dynamicity of Psychological Processes: Highlights of the Psychodynamic Theories -- Reviving Person-Centered Inquiry in Psychology: Why it's Erstwhile Dormancy? -- How Methodology Became a Toolbox-And How it Escapes from that Box -- The Two Disciplines of Scientific Psychology, or: The Disunity of Psychology as a Working Hypothesis -- The Experimental Methodology of Constructive Microgenesis -- The  Schema  Approach:  A  Dynamic View on Remembering -- Against Reification! Praxeological Methodology and its Benefits -- Grasping the Dynamic Nature of Intersubjectivity -- Idiographic Data Analysis: Quantitative Methods-From Simple to Advanced -- Depicting the Dynamics of Living the Life: The Trajectory Equifinality Model -- Analysis of Intensive Categorical Longitudinal Data -- Advances in Dynamic Factor Analysis of Psychological Processes -- Hidden Markov Models for Individual Time Series -- Multilevel Simultaneous Component Analysis for Studying Intra-Individual Variability and Inter-Individual Differences -- Idiographic Microgenesis: Re-Visiting the Experimental Tradition of Aktualgenese -- Dynamic Methods for Research in Education -- Social Dynamics in Complex Family Contexts and its Study -- Dynamics of Life-Course Transitions: A Methodological Reflection -- Dynamic Methodology in Infancy Research -- Dynamics of Psychotherapy Processes -- Dramatic Life Courses: Migrants in the Making -- Innovative Moments and Change Processes in Psychotherapy: An Exercise in New Methodology -- Techno Parties, Soccer Riots, and Breakdance: Actionistic Orientations as a Principle of Adolescence -- Dynamic Processes and the Anthropology of Emotions in the Life Course and Aging: Late-Life Love Sentiments and Household Dynamics in Tuareg Psycho-Biographies -- Synthetic Phenomena and Dynamic Methodologies -- Developmental Science: Integrating Knowledge About Dynamic Processes in Human Development -- Cognitive and Interactive Patterning: Processes of Creating Meaning.
Dynamic Process Methodology in the Social and Developmental Sciences Edited by Jaan Valsiner, Peter C.M. Molenaar, Maria C.D.P. Lyra, and Nandita Chaudhary Reality is dynamic: filled with variables and constantly in flux. So are the physical, psychological, and social processes that make up our lives-so much so, assert the contributors to Dynamic Process Methodology in the Social and Developmental Sciences, that phenomena science often dismisses as "anecdotal" evidence are in fact the valuable record of highly individual dynamic systems. Informed by dynamic systems theory and the rich history of person-centered therapy, the editors argue that the current emphasis on phenomena as data eliminates unique human context in the name of statistical accuracy, and propose instead an idiopathic re-reading of the social sciences. An international panel of researchers provides historical bases for the study of dynamic phenomena as well as a variety of pertinent applications from daycare centers to political parties, answering bedrock questions about idiographic research (e.g., what constitutes sampling?), and offering scientifically valid methods for extracting evidence from individual cases. Among the topics covered: Systemic knowledge use in medicine and psychology. The ethnography of everyday life. Life histories as sources for knowledge. Qualitative modeling of intra-individual change. Social dynamics in complex family contexts. Dynamic methodology in infancy research. With its balance of quantitative and qualitative approaches, Dynamic Process Methodology in the Social and Developmental Sciences consolidates a growing, innovative knowledge base particularly suited to the current state of social science, and stands as a forward-looking reference for psychologists, sociologists, anthropologists, and educators.
Personality.
Social psychology.
Developmental psychology.
Sociology.
Anthropology.
Personality and Social Psychology.
Developmental Psychology.
Sociology, general.
Anthropology.