Chapter 1. General Epistemology of Open Systems.- Chapter 2. Methodology in the new key: The Methodology Cycle.- Chapter 3. Frames of Reference.- Chapter 4. The Role of Methods in the Methodology Cycle.- Chapter 5. Introspection as the Basic Method in Psychological Science.- Chapter 6. Pathways to Extrospection: Interview, Questionnaire, Experiment.- Chapter 7. Generalization from Single Instances.- Chapter 8. Validity in the Study of Transient Forms.- Chapter 9. Conclusion.
Jaan Valsiner is Niels Bohr Professor of Cultural Psychology at Aalborg University, Denmark. He is the founding editor (1995) of the Sage journal, Culture & Psychology. And of The Oxford Handbook of Culture and Psychology (2012). He is also the Editor-in-Chief of Integrative Psychological and Behavioral Sciences (Springer, from 2007) and the Springer Briefs seriesTheoretical Advances in Psychology. In 1995 he was awarded the Alexander von Humboldt Prize in Germany for his interdisciplinary work on human development, and Senior Fulbright Lecturing Award in Brazil 1995-1997. He is the winner of the Hans-Kilian-Award of 2017 for his interdisciplinary work uniting social sciences. He has been a visiting professor in Brazil, Japan, Australia, Estonia. Germany, Italy, United Kingdom, Norway, Luxembourg and the Netherlands.