From Methodology to Methods in Human Psychology
This Brief aims to provide a theoretically innovative introduction to the methodology of the human sciences. It presents a new version of methodology, as a system of mutually linked acts of creating knowledge where both abstract and concrete features of r
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Jaan Valsiner
From Methodology to Methods in Human Psychology
SpringerBriefs in Psychology SpringerBriefs in Theoretical Advances in Psychology
Series editor Jaan Valsiner, Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark
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Jaan Valsiner
From Methodology to Methods in Human Psychology With Commentaries from Nandita Chaudhary and Gerhard Benetka
Jaan Valsiner Department of Communication and Psychology Aalborg University Aalborg, Denmark
ISSN 2192-8363 ISSN 2192-8371 (electronic) SpringerBriefs in Psychology ISSN 2511-395X ISSN 2511-3968 (electronic) SpringerBriefs in Theoretical Advances in Psychology ISBN 978-3-319-61063-4 ISBN 978-3-319-61064-1 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-61064-1 Library of Congress Control Number: 2017943977 © The Author(s) 2017 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. The publisher remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. Printed on acid-free paper This Springer imprint is published by Springer Nature The registered company is Springer International Publishing AG The registered company address is: Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland
Preface
Many books are being published. Some are there to promote their authors’ fame or create various scandals. Others are created to record the author’s efforts to solve some basic problems of science, art, or living in general and to communicate their findings to the readers. My book here belongs to the latter category. Methodology is central for any Wissenschaft—yet what is meant by it is not always clear. In psychology since the twentieth century, the overwhelming consensus that psychology is an “empirical science” has led to the treatment of methodology as a “toolbox” of ready-made (and often “standardized”) concrete methods that can be borrowed at a researcher’s will without much consideration to the phenomena to which they are applied, for the purpose
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