Overview
- Provides an interdisciplinary discussion that connects experimental psychology to history and philosophy of science
- Addresses fundamental questions about psychological research methods in a manner that has direct relevance
- Contains divergent and complementary perspectives by authors who argue for/against the merits of experimental research
Part of the book series: Theory and History in the Human and Social Sciences (THHSS)
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This work brings together different perspectives on psychological methods and particularly methods involving experimentation. To encourage a reflective use of research methods, the authors illuminate the historical, philosophical, and scientific dimensions of methodology, providing both defenses and criticisms of experimental psychology. The primary audience of the work are students and researchers in psychological and behavioral sciences, who have an interest in methodology
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Table of contents (9 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Davood Gozli completed his PhD in experimental psychology at University of Toronto. He has been a visiting researcher at University of Vienna and a postdoctoral fellow at Leiden University. He worked as an assistant professor of psychology at University of Macau (2016-2021), where he taught courses on cognitive psychology, neuroscience, and history of psychology. His first book, Experimental Psychology and Human Agency was published in 2019 by Springer.
Jaan Valsiner is Professor of Cultural Psychology at Aalborg University, where he also leads the Center for Cultural Psychology. He has numerous contributions to theoretical, developmental, and cultural psychology, among which are the recent books, General Human Psychology (Springer, 2021) and Sensuality in Human Living: The Cultural Psychology of Affect (Springer 2020). A recent volume, Culture as Process: A Tribute to Jaan Valsiner (Springer 2021), was dedicated to his many contributionsto the field of cultural psychology. He has been Editor-in-Chief of Culture & Psychology and Integrative Psychological and Behavioral Science.
Jaan Valsiner is Professor of Cultural Psychology at Aalborg University, where he also leads the Center for Cultural Psychology. He has numerous contributions to theoretical, developmental, and cultural psychology, among which are the recent books, General Human Psychology (Springer, 2021) and Sensuality in Human Living: The Cultural Psychology of Affect (Springer 2020). A recent volume, Culture as Process: A Tribute to Jaan Valsiner (Springer 2021), was dedicated to his many contributionsto the field of cultural psychology. He has been Editor-in-Chief of Culture & Psychology and Integrative Psychological and Behavioral Science.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Experimental Psychology
Book Subtitle: Ambitions and Possibilities
Editors: Davood Gozli, Jaan Valsiner
Series Title: Theory and History in the Human and Social Sciences
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-17053-9
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Behavioral Science and Psychology, Behavioral Science and Psychology (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2022
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-17052-2Published: 29 November 2022
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-17055-3Published: 29 November 2023
eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-17053-9Published: 28 November 2022
Series ISSN: 2523-8663
Series E-ISSN: 2523-8671
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: V, 162
Number of Illustrations: 8 b/w illustrations
Topics: Psychology, general, Cognitive Psychology, Experimental Psychology, Psychological Methods/Evaluation, Critical Psychology, History of Psychology