Why Change is Hard
Oxford University Press Inc (Verlag)
978-0-19-776464-0 (ISBN)
In Why Change is Hard, Kate C. McLean argues that the promise of the possibility for growth and change, and the personal capacity to do so, are represented in problematic master narratives--present in broader society, as well as in the scientific community. Such narratives about personal growth and responsibility serve to limit attention to the systems and structures of society that restrict and deny the expression of individual identities, resulting in the maintenance of an inequitable status quo. The argument is made through the prism of the science on personality development, and narrative identity development in particular. This book calls into question the degree to which the theories and methods employed, as well as the data, support the elevation of such master narratives about the possibility for growth, challenging scholars to develop an awareness of their complicity in the maintenance of harmful ideologies.
Kate C. McLean is Professor of Psychology at Western Washington University. She received her PhD in developmental psychology at the University of Santa Cruz, CA. Her research focuses on social and cultural contexts of narrative identity development. She has authored or co-authored over 100 empirical papers, theoretical articles, and book chapters. She has edited or co-edited pivotal volumes on identity development and cultural methods in psychology, and has written a seminal book on the topic of the co-authored self.
Part 1: Laying the Foundations: History, Culture, and Theories
Chapter 1. Introduction: Time for a Change
Chapter 2. Foundations: Culture and History
Chapter 3. Theoretical Foundations: Identities, Stories, and Change
Part 2: The Data on Change
Chapter 4. Evidence for Change from the Field of Personality Development: Traits, Attachment
and, Post-Traumatic Growth
Chapter 5. Evidence for Change in Narrative Identity: The Case of Repeated Narration
Part III: Special Concerns
Chapter 6. Transgressions as an Opportunity for Change?
Chapter 7. The Agency in Resistance
Part IV: Conclusion
Chapter 8: Our Scientific Responsibility for Change
| Erscheinungsdatum | 17.02.2024 |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | New York |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 163 x 196 mm |
| Gewicht | 408 g |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Entwicklungspsychologie |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Sozialpsychologie | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-19-776464-9 / 0197764649 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-19-776464-0 / 9780197764640 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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