Situating Qualitative Methods in Psychological Science

ISBN-13: 9780367457846 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 128 str.

Brian Schiff

Opis

This volume reflects upon the historical and contemporary place of qualitative methods in psychology and considers future possibilities for further integration of these methods in the discipline.

Spis treści

1. Some Historical Perspective on the Marginalization of Qualitative Methods Within Mainstream Scientific Psychology James T. Lamiell 2. Quantitative, Qualitative, or Mixed? Should Philosophy Guide Method Choice? Kathleen L. Slaney and Donna Tafreshi 3. Qualitative Methods as Fundamental Tools: Autonomy and Integration in Mixed Methods Research Frederick J. Wertz 4. Qualitative Psychology and the New Pluralism Kenneth J. Gergen 5. Qualitative Methods Enhance Our Understanding and Treatment of People with Alzheimer’s Disease Steven R. Sabat 6. Understanding Psychology, Differently Brian Schiff 7. Qualitative Psychology’s Coming of Age: Are There Grounds for Hope? Mark Freeman

O autorze

Brian Schiff is Professor and Chair of the Department of Psychology at the American University of Paris and Director of the George and Irina Schaeffer Center for the Study of Genocide, Human Rights and Conflict Prevention. He is the author of A New Narrative for Psychology (2017), editor of Rereading Personal Narrative and Life Course (2014), and co-editor of Life and Narrative: The Risks and Responsibilities for Storying Experience (2017).