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Abnormality From Scientific And Prescientific Perspectives, Frederick J. Wertz
Abnormality From Scientific And Prescientific Perspectives, Frederick J. Wertz
Psychology Faculty Publications
We will take the debate concerning the reality, conceptual status, and treatment of abnormality as an occasion to clarify two divergent metascientific approaches to the problem. Then we will summarize some empirical research into people's encounters with abnormality. Finally, we will discuss some implications of these findings for psychology.
Meaning And Research Methodology: Psychoanalysis As A Human Science, Frederick J. Wertz
Meaning And Research Methodology: Psychoanalysis As A Human Science, Frederick J. Wertz
Psychology Faculty Publications
One of the most pressing questions for contemporary psychology is that of what research method will best provide access to the truly human. The protest that psychology has failed to provide such an access has held together diverse strains of "humanistic" psychology for three decades. Recently, the revolutionary character of a positive alternative to traditional research methodology has been highlighted. Polkinghorne (1982) defines humanistic research as that which "addresses questions raised by considering people as agents who can act in a purposeful and meaningful manner, " (p. 47), and Georgi (1987) adds, "once one gets to the meaning of 'purpose' …