A volume in Perspectives on Human Development Series Editors: Dieter Ferring, Universite du Luxembourg, Jaan Valsiner, Universite du Luxembourg and Conchita D'Ambrosio, Universite du Luxembourg What sparks a psychologist's interest in a certain phenomenon? Is it a symptom, a syndrome, a treatment, the usual, the exceptional, the group, the individual? An epistemologist, for example, focuses on the group and delivers group results. The clinician has to focus on the patient, although the patient may be perceived as one of a group (e.g., all patients with the same disease). The patient usually...

A volume in Perspectives on Human Development Series Editors: Dieter Ferring, Universite du Luxembourg, Jaan Valsiner, Universite du Luxembourg and Conchita D'Ambrosio, Universite du Luxembourg What sparks a psychologist's interest in a certain phenomenon? Is it a symptom, a syndrome, a treatment, the usual, the exceptional, the group, the individual? An epistemologist, for example, focuses on the group and delivers group results. The clinician has to focus on the patient, although the patient may be perceived as one of a group (e.g., all patients with the same disease). The patient usually...