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This extraordinary volume addresses the practice of psychology in the context of scientific inquiry, regarding practitioners as "local clinical scientists" and addressing the validity of their methodology through the philosophy of science. Positivistic/empirical, idealist/pragmatic, and so...

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Main Author: Trierweiler, Steven J.
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Stricker, George
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Plenum Press, [1998]
Series:Applied clinical psychology.
Subjects:
Clinical psychology > Research.
Clinical psychology > Methodology.
Psychology, Clinical.
Research Design.
Empiricism.
Logic.
Psychologen.
Toegepaste psychologie.
Klinische psychologie.
Onderzoek.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Pt. I. The History of Scientific Research Training and the Local Clinical Scientist. Ch. 1. The Problem of Integrating Science and Practice. Ch. 2. The Local Clinical Scientist
  • Pt. II. Extrapolations to Local Science from Traditional Science and Scholarship. Ch. 3. Issues in the Philosophy of Science. Ch. 4. Issues in Research Design. Ch. 5. Issues in Quantitative Analysis: Foundations. Ch. 6. Linking Theory and Data in the Scientific Study of Constructs and Individual Measurements
  • Pt. III. Extrapolations to Local Science from Nontraditional Science and Scholarship. Ch. 7. Issues in Qualitative Analysis. Ch. 8. Logic, Critical Thinking, and the Local Clinical Scientist. Ch. 9. Frameworks for Reflective Practice. Ch. 10. Conclusion.