Beyond individual and group differences : human individuality, scientific psychology, and William Stern's critical personalism / James T. Lamiell.

Author/creator Lamiell, James T.
Format Book
Publication InfoThousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage Publications, ©2003.
Descriptionxxii, 331 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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Contents Introduction: a lost star -- Part I: Historical beginnings -- The problem of individuality and the birth of a "differential" psychology -- The narrowing of perspective in the proliferation of standardized testing and correlational research -- The entrenchment of a "common trait" perspective on human individuality -- Part II : Statistical thinking in the post-wundtian restructuring of scientific psychology -- The emergence of a "neo-galtonian" framework for psychological research : a historical sketch -- Contemporary "nomotheticism" within the neo-galtonian framework : a methodological primer -- Contemporary "nomotheticism" in critical perspective -- Part III: Rethinking the problem -- An introduction to critical personalism -- Some models of personalistic inquiry in contemporary psychology -- Our differences aside : persons, things, individuality, and community.
Local noteLittle-341557--305131048238
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 303-318) and indexes.
LCCN 2003008606
ISBN0761921729 (cloth)
ISBN9780761921721 (cloth)

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Joyner General Stacks BF105 .L36 2003 ✔ Available Place Hold