Critical Thinking About Psychology
Subtitle: Hidden Assumptions And Plausible Alternatives
Contributors: Brent D. Slife (Editor); Jeffrey S. Reber (Editor); Frank C. Richardson (Editor)
Publisher: American Psychological Association (APA); American Psychological Association
Published: December 30, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 296
ISBN-13: 9781591471875
Subjects: Psychology; Psychotherapy; Movements - Psychoanalysis; Research & Methodology; General; Philosophy
Description: "In this volume, experts from varied subdisciplines critique assumptions peculiar to their speciality and then propose alternatives to replace the original assumptions. The book covers six major psychology subdisciplines, ranging from clinical psychology to neuropsychology. Contributors critique unquestioned tenets of the field such as the dualism between mind and body, the truth of efficient causation, and the discrete unit known as the individual. Authors then provide alternative ways of seeing the field, such as nondualistic models of the self and a moral vision of human development, effectively creating new conceptual ground for psychology. In analyzing what is taken for granted, this volume teaches critical thinking skills at the same time that it moves psychology in exciting new directions."--Jacket.