Psychology and the question of agency / Jack Martin, Jeff Sugarman, Janice Thompson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Martin, Jack, 1950-

Contributor:

Sugarman, Jeff, 1955-

Thompson, Janice, 1964-

Series:

SUNY series, alternatives in psychology

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Autonomy (Psychology).

Psychology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (197 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Albany : State University of New York Press, c2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Looks at the limits of free will in human action.

Contents:

Intro

Psychology and the Question of Agency

Contents

Preface

1. Psychology and the Question of Agency

SOME RELEVANT BACKGROUND FOR WHAT FOLLOWS

PSYCHOLOGY'S DISAVOWAL OF AGENCY

THE BASIC ERROR

METHOD OVER SUBSTANCE

ASPIRATIONS

2. Reductionism in Psychology

A HISTORICAL SKETCH

IDENTITY VERSUS REQUIREMENT

OMISSIONS

SUMMARY AND IMPLICATIONS

RESEARCH PRACTICES AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF PSEUDO-PSYCHOLOGICAL KINDS

CAUSAL WOES

VARIABILITY AND ITS STATISTICAL TREATMENT

MANUFACTURING AND GENERALIZING PSYCHOLOGICAL ENTITIES

THE ROLE OF PROFESSIONAL PSYCHOLOGY

THE EXAMPLE OF SELF-CONCEPT

ANOTHER KIND OF REDUCTIONISM IN PSYCHOLOGY

AN ANTIDOTE IN BRIEF

3. Between Hard Determinism and Radical Freedom

DEFINITIONS AND DISTINCTIONS

A CRITICAL CONSIDERATION OF SOME NOTABLE ATTEMPTS AT SOFT DETERMINISM

PHILOSOPHICAL CONSIDERATIONS

PSYCHOLOGICAL CONSIDERATIONS

Bandura's Social Cognitive Theory

Theory of Mind and Intentional Self-Development

Theoretical Psychology of Agency

HERMENEUTICS AND AGENCY

4. The Underdetermination and Irreducibility of Agency

AN ARGUMENT FOR THE UNDERDETERMINATION OF AGENCY

STRUCTURE OF THE ARGUMENT

AGAINST FULL PHYSICAL-BIOLOGICAL DETERMINISM

AGAINST FULL SOCIOCULTURAL DETERMINISM

AGAINST RANDOMNESS AND UNCONSCIOUS PROCESSES ALONE

AGENCY AS THE SURVIVING, PLAUSIBLE OPTION

CONTEMPORARY PROGRAMS OF REDUCTIONISM AND THE IRREDUCIBILITY OF AGENCY

CENTRAL STATE MATERIALISM

SUPERVENIENCE AND FUNCTIONALISM

COMPUTATIONAL MODELS OF MIND

WHAT IS MISSING IN REDUCTIVE FUNCTIONALISM AND COMPUTATIONALISM?

SUMMARY AND LINKS

5. A Theory of Situated, Emergent, and Deliberative Agency

LEVELS OF REALITY

BEING-IN-THE-WORLD

TIERED REALITY

AN EXISTENTIAL STARTING POINT AND A BRIEF CONCEPTION OF PERSONHOOD.

THE DEVELOPMENTAL EMERGENCE OF SITUATED, DELIBERATIVE AGENCY AND PSYCHOLOGICAL KINDS

UNDERSTANDING AND CARE WITHIN TRADITIONS OF LIVING

SUMMARIZING OUR THEORY OF AGENCY AND PSYCHOLOGICAL KINDS

IMPLICATIONS FOR UNDERSTANDING PSYCHOLOGICAL PHENOMENA

A FINAL WORD

6. Putting Agency into Psychology

RE-ENVISIONING PSYCHOLOGICAL RESEARCH: REINFORCEMENT THEORY AND BEYOND

REINFORCEMENT THEORY REVISITED

BEYOND REINFORCEMENT THEORY

RE-ENVISIONING PSYCHOLOGICAL PRACTICE

THE NATURE OF PSYCHOTHERAPY

THE PRACTICE OF PSYCHOTHERAPY

THE EDUCATION OF PSYCHOTHERAPISTS

THE SOCIOPOLITICAL CONSEQUENCES OF SITUATED, EMERGENT, AND DELIBERATIVE AGENCY

LIBERALISM AND COMMUNITARIANISM

THE POLITICAL DISPOSITION OF A SITUATED, EMERGENT, AND DELIBERATIVE AGENCY

A CONCLUDING COMMENT

References

Index

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

I

J

K

L

M

N

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P

Q

R

S

T

U

V

W.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 167-174) and index.

ISBN:

9780791486849

0791486842

9781417536054

1417536055

OCLC:

61367772