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The Individual Subject and Scientific Psychology

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Part of the book series: Perspectives on Individual Differences (PIDF)

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Table of contents (15 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
  2. Introduction: Where is the Individual Subject in Scientific Psychology?

  3. Individual-Based Inference Methodology: Past, Present, and the Future

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 15-15
    2. Psychology as a Science

      • Isaac Franck
      Pages 17-36
  4. Group versus Individual-Based Inference in Psychology: Logic and Practice

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 95-95
    2. Phenomena Lost

      • Robert B. Cairns
      Pages 97-111
    3. Between Groups and Individuals

      • Jaan Valsiner
      Pages 113-151
    4. The Individual Subject in Behavior Analysis Research

      • F. Charles Mace, Thomas R. Kratochwill
      Pages 153-180
    5. The Time Domain in Individual Subject Research

      • Evelyn B. Thoman
      Pages 181-200
    6. Ordinal Pattern Analysis

      • Warren Thorngate, Barbara Carroll
      Pages 201-232
  5. Toward the Study of Individual Subjects: Contributions from Different Fields in Psychology

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 233-233
    2. Academic Diagnosis

      • Herbert P. Ginsburg
      Pages 235-260
    3. The Role of the Case Study in Neuropsychological Research

      • Jane Dywan, Sidney J. Segalowitz
      Pages 291-310
    4. Psychophysiological Activation Research

      • Peter Walschburger
      Pages 311-345
    5. Sequence—Structure Analysis

      • Jaan Valsiner
      Pages 347-389
  6. Epilogue: Different Perspectives on Individual-Based Generalizations in Psychology

  7. Back Matter

    Pages 405-408

Editors and Affiliations

  • Developmental Psychology Program, Department of Psychology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, USA

    Jaan Valsiner

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Individual Subject and Scientific Psychology

  • Editors: Jaan Valsiner

  • Series Title: Perspectives on Individual Differences

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-2239-7

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 1986

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-306-42250-8Published: 31 October 1986

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4899-2241-0Published: 09 June 2013

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4899-2239-7Published: 29 June 2013

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIV, 408

  • Topics: Biological Psychology, Developmental Psychology, Behavioral Sciences

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