Title: Time and psychological explanation /
Authors: Slife, Brent D.
Publisher: State University of New York Press,
Year: 1993
Subjects: Time Psychological aspects.; Time perception.; Time Perception; Psychology; Time
Contents: 1. Newtonian Time and Psychological Explanation. The Rise of Linear Time in Western Culture. Newtonian Time. Newton's Temporal Framework for Explanation. Criticisms of Newton's Framework. Psychology's Newtonian Framework -- 2. Developmental Psychology. The History of Time and Developmental Studies. The Newtonian Framework and Developmental Stages. Newtonian Explanations of Social Development. Anomalies to the Newtonian Paradigm for Development -- 3. Personality Theory. The Conceptual Roots of Personality Theory. Objectivist and Subjectivist Models of Time. Freud as a Mixed Model Theorist. The Objectivist Tradition in Personality. Bandura's Social Cognitive Theory. The Subjectivist Tradition-Newtonian Anomalies -- 4. Psychological Method. The History of Method and Time. The Newtonian Framework of Method. Anomalous Methods -- 5. Cognitive Psychology. Time and Associationism -- A Brief History. Rationalism Versus Empiricism. Time and Contemporary Cognitive Psychology. Language and Problem Solving. Anomalies to the Current Paradigm -- 6. Individual Therapy. The History of Individual Therapy and Time. Modern Individual Therapy and Time -- 7. Group Therapy. Linear Time and the Study of Groups. The History of Group Therapy and Time. The Current Status of Group Therapy -- 8. Family Therapy. The History of Family Therapy and Time. The Current Status of Family Therapy -- 9. General Temporal Themes of Explanation. General Themes of the Newtonian Temporal Paradigm. General Anomalies to the Newtonian Temporal Paradigm. Implications of the Anomalies for Causation and Change -- 10. Alternative Assumptions of Time. Organismic Holism. Hermeneutic Temporality.