The authors have grouped the theories into three classical "families" which differ in their views relative to the prime motives underlying human nature. They show how theories are specific examples of more general points of view called paradigms. The theories chosen to represent the three paradigms (the Endogenous Paradigm, Exogenous Paradigm, and the Constructivist Paradigm) were selected because they met four criteria:
importance, as judged by academic and research psychologists
fertility, as judged by the amount of research the theory...
The authors have grouped the theories into three classical "families" which differ in their views relative to the prime motives underlying human na...
