The psychology of personhood : philosophical, historical, social-developmental and narrative perspectives / edited by Jack Martin and Mark H. Bickhard.
"What is a person? Surprisingly little attention is given to this question in psychology. For much of the past century, psychology has tended to focus on the systematic study of processes rather than on the persons who enact and embody them. In contrast to the reductionist picture of much mains...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge University Press,
2012.
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| Summary: | "What is a person? Surprisingly little attention is given to this question in psychology. For much of the past century, psychology has tended to focus on the systematic study of processes rather than on the persons who enact and embody them. In contrast to the reductionist picture of much mainstream theorizing, which construes persons as their mental lives, behaviours or neurophysiological particulars, The Psychology of Personhood presents persons as irreducibly embodied and socially situated beings. Placing the study of persons at the centre of psychology, this book presents novel insights on the typical, everyday actions and experiences of persons in relation to each other and to the broader society and culture. Leading scholars from diverse academic disciplines paint an integrative portrait of the psychological person within evolutionary, historical, cultural, developmental and everyday contexts"-- |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (viii, 267 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781139625319 1139625314 9781139086493 1139086499 9781283870511 1283870517 9781139616010 1139616013 9781139612296 1139612298 |
| DOI: | 10.1017/CBO9781139086493 |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Source of description: Print version record. |