The Role of Values in Psychology and Human Development

by Kurtines, William M.; Azmitia, Margarita; Gewirtz, Jacob L.

• ISBN13: 9780471539452
• ISBN10: 0471539457
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1992-11-11
• Publisher: Wiley

Summary

Focuses on the impact of values on psychology and human development as well as on science in general. Explains how so-called ''facts'' are shaded by the unstated values behind the interpretation of findings; how values affect research questions and methods; and how they frequently determine the form of theoretical models and constructs.

Author Biography

William M. Kurtines and Margarita Azmitia are the authors of The Role of Values in Psychology and Human Development, published by Wiley.

Table of Contents

Science, Values and Rationality: Philosophy of Science from a Critical Co-Constructivist Perspective (W. Kurtines, et al.).

Towards a Postmodern Psychology of Moral Action and Moral Development (M. Packer).

IMPLICATIONS FOR THEORY AND RESEARCH.

Values in Postpositivist Developmental Research: Communication Among Researchers, Participants, and Consumers (J. Meacham).

Co-Constructive, Intersubjective Realism: Metatheory in Developmental Psychology (R. Wozniak).

Hermeneutics and Developmental Psychology: Toward an Ethic of Interpretation (M. Tappan & L. Brown).

Ethics and Science: A Psychological Perspective (H. Kendler).

The Use of Normative Metatheoretical Values in the Process of Personality Theory Development (A. Waterman).

IMPLICATIONS FOR THE SCIENTIFIC STUDY OF MORAL PHENOMENA.

Antiparticularism in Developmental and Moral Theory (J. Youniss).

Individualizing Conscience: New Thoughts on Old Issues (N. Emler & R. Hogan).

Moral-Cognitive Development and the Motivation of Moral Behavior (J. Gibbs).

Values, Conceptions of Science, and the Social Psychological Study of Morality (D. Forsyth).

Leading an Examined Life: The Moral Dimension of Daily Conduct (D. Baumrind).

Indexes.