Epistemology of psychology - a new paradigm : the dialectics of culture and biology

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    • Kolstad, Arnulf

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Epistemology of psychology - a new paradigm : the dialectics of culture and biology

Arnulf Kolstad

(Psychology research progress series)

Nova Science Publishers, c2013

  • : hbk

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [169]-192) and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

To understand the nature of human beings and their development means to clarify the relationship or inter-functionality between contributing factors and ingredients. The mystery of man is not revealed by studying each ingredient separately, but by focusing on the relationships between the building blocks, and how these elements are changed and become something else and typically human when combined. This book explains how higher psychological functions develop from a biological basis. It presents the cultural-historical approach separating lower and higher psychological functions, emphasising the importance of psychological tools like language for human consciousness. The book's main aim is to contribute to the discussion about psychological epistemology taking into consideration new knowledge from research in human sciences like anthropology, cultural psychology, cognitive psychology, developmental psychology, and neuroscience.

Table of Contents

  • Introduction
  • The Epistemology of Human Development
  • Culture & Cultural Psychology
  • Mind, Psyche & Consciousness
  • Brain
  • Mind-Brain-Culture
  • Index.

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  • NCID
    BB14968456
  • ISBN
    • 9781624176173
  • LCCN
    2012048206
  • Country Code
    us
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    New York
  • Pages/Volumes
    206 p.
  • Size
    26 cm
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