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Beyond Theory And Practice: A Postmodern Perspective, Cecile Brennan
Beyond Theory And Practice: A Postmodern Perspective, Cecile Brennan
Cecile Brennan
Provides insights into chaos theory and postmodernism as they apply to the work of therapists to resolve the conflict between theory and practice. Tempering of theoretical orientation by postmodern perspective; Encouragement of therapist to have a theoretical orientation
When Comparisons Arise, Daniel Gilbert, R. Geisler, Kathryn Morris
When Comparisons Arise, Daniel Gilbert, R. Geisler, Kathryn Morris
Kathryn A. Morris
People acquire information about their abilities by comparison, and research suggests that people restrict such comparisons to those whom they consider sources of diagnostic information. We suggest that diagnosticity is often considered only after comparisons are made and that people do not fail to make nondiagnostic comparisons so much as they mentally undo them. In 2 studies, participants made nondiagnostic comparisons even when they knew they should not, and quickly unmade them when they were able. These results suggest that social comparisons may be relatively spontaneous, effortless, and unintentional reactions to the performances of others and that they may occur …