Jay S Efran
Biographic Data
| ID | 4232018 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jay S Efran |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jay S |
| FAMILY NAME | Efran |
| SIGNATURE | EFRAN J S |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Rochester |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7955-4561 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 21 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1966 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
The Coronavirus in Context
We outline a context-centered therapy approach to helping clients cope with the coronavirus pandemic. Context-centered therapy is a constructivist approach that emphasizes shifts in an individual’s contexts as the best way to generate therapeutic change. Contexts are defined as sets of presuppositions that shape a person’s experiences. We examine how two very common contexts, mind and self, can inform therapists’ understanding of how their client…
The practice of context-centered therapy
Not So Fast
In our response to Raskin, we caution that combining incompatible vocabularies usually results in a linguistic muddle from which it becomes increasingly difficult to escape. Although omnibus terms such as “psychosocial” and “biopsychosocial” sound reasonable, they function merely as slogans, without any clear meaning or explanatory power. We recommend tailoring a linguistically consistent system to meet our needs as psychologists. We also warn ag…
Language, Natural Drift, and Therapeutic Practice
From the viewpoint of Maturana's structure determinism, life is a purposeless drift in which we use language to assign meanings. Although saying something does not automatically make it so, how we
Personality as the basis for theoretical predilections
Four groups of behavioral scientists with divergent theoretical persuasions--43 sociobiologists, 25 behaviorists, 35 personality psychologists, and 16 human developmentalists--showed significantly different mean scores on two measures of philosophical assumptions: the World Hypothesis Scale (WHS) and the Organicism-Mechanism Paradigm Inventory (OMPI). The OMPI, which appears to be more psychometrically sound than the WHS, showed in 12 additional …
Looking for approval
Social Desirability and Willingness to Participate in a Group Discussion
The angered
Effect of expectancies for social approval on visual behavior
The angered
Personality as the basis for theoretical predilections
Four groups of behavioral scientists with divergent theoretical persuasions--43 sociobiologists, 25 behaviorists, 35 personality psychologists, and 16 human developmentalists--showed significantly different mean scores on two measures of philosophical assumptions: the World Hypothesis Scale (WHS) and the Organicism-Mechanism Paradigm Inventory (OMPI). The OMPI, which appears to be more psychometrically sound than the WHS, showed in 12 additional …
Effect of expectancies for social approval on visual behavior
Looking for approval
The Coronavirus in Context
We outline a context-centered therapy approach to helping clients cope with the coronavirus pandemic. Context-centered therapy is a constructivist approach that emphasizes shifts in an individual’s contexts as the best way to generate therapeutic change. Contexts are defined as sets of presuppositions that shape a person’s experiences. We examine how two very common contexts, mind and self, can inform therapists’ understanding of how their client…
Effect of expectancies for social approval on visual behavior
Social Desirability and Willingness to Participate in a Group Discussion
The angered
Looking for approval
Personality as the basis for theoretical predilections
Four groups of behavioral scientists with divergent theoretical persuasions--43 sociobiologists, 25 behaviorists, 35 personality psychologists, and 16 human developmentalists--showed significantly different mean scores on two measures of philosophical assumptions: the World Hypothesis Scale (WHS) and the Organicism-Mechanism Paradigm Inventory (OMPI). The OMPI, which appears to be more psychometrically sound than the WHS, showed in 12 additional …
Language, Natural Drift, and Therapeutic Practice
From the viewpoint of Maturana's structure determinism, life is a purposeless drift in which we use language to assign meanings. Although saying something does not automatically make it so, how we
Not So Fast
In our response to Raskin, we caution that combining incompatible vocabularies usually results in a linguistic muddle from which it becomes increasingly difficult to escape. Although omnibus terms such as “psychosocial” and “biopsychosocial” sound reasonable, they function merely as slogans, without any clear meaning or explanatory power. We recommend tailoring a linguistically consistent system to meet our needs as psychologists. We also warn ag…
The practice of context-centered therapy
The Coronavirus in Context
We outline a context-centered therapy approach to helping clients cope with the coronavirus pandemic. Context-centered therapy is a constructivist approach that emphasizes shifts in an individual’s contexts as the best way to generate therapeutic change. Contexts are defined as sets of presuppositions that shape a person’s experiences. We examine how two very common contexts, mind and self, can inform therapists’ understanding of how their client…
Psychology (9 works) · Social Psychology (7 works) · Academic and Historical Perspectives in Psychology (4 works) · Psychotherapist (4 works) · Cognitive psychology (3 works) · Counseling, Therapy, and Family Dynamics (3 works) · Epistemology (3 works) · Social approval (3 works) · Social Psychology (3 works) · History (2 works)