| Psychology and the Question of Agency Contributor(s): Martin, Jack (Author), Sugarman, Jeff (Author), Thompson, Janice (Author) |
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ISBN: 0791457257 ISBN-13: 9780791457252 Publisher: State University of New York Press OUR PRICE: $90.25 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: May 2003 Annotation: Disciplinary psychology has failed to achieve a coherent conception of human agency. Instead, it oscillates between two differing conceptions of agency that are equally untenable: a scientistic, reductive approach to choice and action, and an instrumental approach that celebrates a romantic notion of free will. This book examines theoretical, philosophical psychology and argues for a historically and socioculturally situated human capacity for choosing and acting in ways not entirely determined by culture and/or biology. The authors present a detailed developmental theory of how agentic capability emerges from the pre-reflective activity of humans in a real physical and social world. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Psychology | Developmental - General |
| Dewey: 155.2 |
| LCCN: 2002075854 |
| Series: Suny Series, Alternatives in Psychology |
| Physical Information: 0.61" H x 5.98" W x 9.44" (0.85 lbs) 196 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Disciplinary psychology has failed to achieve a coherent conception of human agency. Instead, it oscillates between two differing conceptions of agency that are equally untenable: a scientistic, reductive approach to choice and action, and an instrumental approach that celebrates a romantic notion of free will. This book examines theoretical, philosophical psychology and argues for a historically and socioculturally situated human capacity for choosing and acting in ways not entirely determined by culture and/or biology. The authors present a detailed developmental theory of how agentic capability emerges from the pre-reflective activity of humans in a real physical and social world. Implications of the theory are considered for psychological research and practice, and for the broader socio-political impact of disciplinary psychology in Western liberal democracies. |