Dynamic process methodology in the social and developmental sciences

Phenomena of nature, society, and the human psyche are context bound, constantly changing, and variable. This feature of reality is often not recognized inthe social sciences where we operate with averaged data and with homogeneous stereotypes, and consider our consistency to be the cornerstone of rational being. Yet we are all inconsistent in our actions within a day, or from, one dayto the next, and much of such inconsistency is of positive value for our survival and development. Our inconsistent behaviors and thoughts may appear chaotic, yet there is generality within this highly variable dynamic. The task of scientific methodologies – qualitative and quantitative – is to find out what that generality is. This handbook brings into one framework various directions of construction of methodology of the dynamic processes that exist in the social sciences at the beginning of the 21st century. Covers the whole realm of the social sciences in which the analysis of dynamics of single systems is relevant – mostly in psychology, but also in sociology, anthropology, and educationProvides new methodology for the study of psychological and educational processes based on individual performance profiles INDICE: Part 1. Conceptual and historical bases for looking at dynamic phenomena.- Part 2. Constructing basic knowledge through dynamic methodologies.- Part 3. Methodological advances in idiographic science.- Part 4. Dynamic analyses in idiographic science: data analysis methods.- Part 5. Applications in contexts.

• ISBN: 978-0-387-95921-4
• Editorial: Springer
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 825
• Fecha Publicación: 01/07/2009
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés