Realism and Psychological Science
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-030-45145-5 (ISBN)
Prof David Maree started working as a researcher in Traffic Research at the Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) in 1987. He worked in the field of psychometrics specifically standardising psychomotor assessment tests and he was appointed as head of Traffic Research in 1995. In 1997 he became Director of the unit for T`est Development at the HSRC. In 1999 he moved to the University of Pretoria as full professor in the Department of Psychology. His duties included lecturing research methodology, cognitive psychology and statistics to graduate students. He was coordinator of the MA Research Psychology degree from 2000 to 2012. Prof Maree is a registered Research Psychologist and a National Research Foundation (NRF) rated researcher. He acted as Head of Department of Philosophy in 2010/11 and was Head of the Department of Psychology from 2013 to 2016. He was chair of the Psychometrics committee of the Board of Psychology of the Health Professions Council of South Africa (HPCSA) and also was President for the Psychological Society of South Africa (PsySSA) in 2013. He is currently working on the philosophy of psychological science and teaches research methods and psychometrics utilising Rasch modelling.
1.Introduction.- 2.The Methodological Division: Quantitative and Qualitative Methods.- 3.The Applicative Split: The Science-Practitioner Model of Training and Practice.- 4.The Metatheoretical Opposition: Positivism and Constructionism.- 5.Realism in Psychological Science.- 6.The Realist Image of Science.
Erscheinungsdatum | 04.06.2021 |
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Zusatzinfo | VIII, 151 p. 3 illus. |
Verlagsort | Cham |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 155 x 235 mm |
Gewicht | 254 g |
Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie |
Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Allgemeines / Lexika | |
Naturwissenschaften | |
Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Empirische Sozialforschung | |
Schlagworte | Idealism of Constructionism • measurement in psychology • Mythic Image of Science in Psychology • Positivism and Constructionism • Quantitative/Qualitative Division in Psychological Science • Realism in Psychological Science • Resolve the Methodological and Applicative Polarities • Science-Practitioner (SP) Model of Training and Practice • Shortcomings of Critical Realism • Varieties of Realism |
ISBN-10 | 3-030-45145-3 / 3030451453 |
ISBN-13 | 978-3-030-45145-5 / 9783030451455 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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