Charles W Tolman
Biographic Data
| ID | 4244252 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Charles W Tolman |
| GIVEN NAMES | Charles W |
| FAMILY NAME | Tolman |
| SIGNATURE | TOLMAN C W |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Victoria |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 16 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 15 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1961 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Holzkamp's Critical Psychology as a Science from the Standpoint of the Human Subject
An introduction is given to Klaus Holzkamp's notion of Critical Psychology as a science from the standpoint of the subject. A brief history of the idea is presented with a summary of its theoretical and methodological context. The crux of the matter is that the object of psychological science is no mere object but also a subject that acts on reasons and makes choices among real possibilities for action. This puts the psychologist and the subject …
Further Comments on the Meaning of ‘Dialectic’
While not disputing the claim that the word ‘dialectic’ has many meanings, it is argued that there exists in the diversity a unity which is expressed as a conception of development that possesses four interrelated features: qualitative transformation, process, opposition, and internal necessity. The understanding of dialectic has evolved from ancient times to the present, with materialist dialectic representing the most advanced form. Some conclu…
The Metaphysic of Relations in Klaus Riegel’s ‘Dialectics’ of Human Development
The intention of this paper is to criticize Klaus Riegel’s conception of dialectics. Dialectics is distinguished from the metaphysic of properties and the metaphysic of relations. The importance to dialectics of understanding movement, contradiction and development in terms of internal relations is stressed. Accounts in Riegel’s theory of the individual, balance, dialogue, change and development are examined and found to represent a metaphysic of…
Emancipation Postponed
Understanding the Essentially Social Individual
The Man who Mistook his Collective for a Reflex
What is Living and What is Dead in Aristotle's Psychology
Psychology, society, and subjectivity
One result of the European student movements of the late 1960s was a critique of the mainstream, bourgeois social sciences. They were seen as irrelevant to the real needs of ordinary people and as practically and ideologically supporting oppression. The discussions around psychology in Berlin at the time became increasingly focused on whether the discipline could in fact be reformed. Some insisted that any form of institutionalized social science…
Critical Psychology
Critical psychology constitutes a radical critique and reconstruction of scientific psychology from a dialectical and historical-materialistic point of view. Its aim is to provide a firmer foundation than presently exists for a psychology that is methodologically sound, practically relevant and theoretically determinate. This book was first published in 1991
Theoretical Indeterminacy, Pluralism and the Conceptual Concrete
Metaphysical pluralism is examined as a proposed explanation for theoretical indeterminacy in psychology and found wanting. A more promising view is that indeterminacy is caused by a methodological inadequacy that can be overcome by a revised understanding of abstraction in theory construction. The revision involves a genetic or historical approach to concept formation that reveals the concrete interrelations among qualities so that they can be o…
What's critical about Kritische Psychologie
Karl Marx, Alienation, and the Mastery of Nature
Donald Lee’s account in “The Marxian View” is inaccurate in asserting the centrality of an abstract conception of alienation based on a speculattve understanding of human nature. This was precisely the view rejected by Marx in 1845. The development of Marx’s materialist conception of human nature is traced in order to show the importance to his analysis of the forces and relations of production. Some specific difficulties in Lee’s account are dis…
Effects of Verbal Reinforcement on Conformity and Deviant Behavior
Endler (1965) recently demonstrated that in a typical Asch-type group-pressure situation conformity or deviance of S's responses from the contrived group consensus can be manipulated by E with verbal reinforcement. The present experiment was similar to Endler's, variations being minor. As Endler found no difference between males and females, only 35 female Ss from an introductory psychology class were shown materials identical to those used by En…
Social Dominance and Feeding Behavior in Domestic Cockerels
Social Preference in the Albino Rat Pup
The purpose of this investigation was co discover whether che 22-day-old rat pup would display any consistant relative preference, i.e., discrimination, for other members of ics species. Two dimensions of possible social incentives were investigated: familiar versus unfamiliar animals; age-mates versus adults. Ten pups served as Ss, six from a litter of 12 and 4 from a litter of 10. The mothers had been removed from the litter cages when the pups…
Social Preference in the Albino Rat Pup
Karl Marx, Alienation, and the Mastery of Nature
Donald Lee’s account in “The Marxian View” is inaccurate in asserting the centrality of an abstract conception of alienation based on a speculattve understanding of human nature. This was precisely the view rejected by Marx in 1845. The development of Marx’s materialist conception of human nature is traced in order to show the importance to his analysis of the forces and relations of production. Some specific difficulties in Lee’s account are dis…
Social Preference in the Albino Rat Pup
The purpose of this investigation was co discover whether che 22-day-old rat pup would display any consistant relative preference, i.e., discrimination, for other members of ics species. Two dimensions of possible social incentives were investigated: familiar versus unfamiliar animals; age-mates versus adults. Ten pups served as Ss, six from a litter of 12 and 4 from a litter of 10. The mothers had been removed from the litter cages when the pups…
Social Preference in the Albino Rat Pup
Social Dominance and Feeding Behavior in Domestic Cockerels
Effects of Verbal Reinforcement on Conformity and Deviant Behavior
Endler (1965) recently demonstrated that in a typical Asch-type group-pressure situation conformity or deviance of S's responses from the contrived group consensus can be manipulated by E with verbal reinforcement. The present experiment was similar to Endler's, variations being minor. As Endler found no difference between males and females, only 35 female Ss from an introductory psychology class were shown materials identical to those used by En…
Karl Marx, Alienation, and the Mastery of Nature
Donald Lee’s account in “The Marxian View” is inaccurate in asserting the centrality of an abstract conception of alienation based on a speculattve understanding of human nature. This was precisely the view rejected by Marx in 1845. The development of Marx’s materialist conception of human nature is traced in order to show the importance to his analysis of the forces and relations of production. Some specific difficulties in Lee’s account are dis…
What's critical about Kritische Psychologie
Critical Psychology
Critical psychology constitutes a radical critique and reconstruction of scientific psychology from a dialectical and historical-materialistic point of view. Its aim is to provide a firmer foundation than presently exists for a psychology that is methodologically sound, practically relevant and theoretically determinate. This book was first published in 1991
Theoretical Indeterminacy, Pluralism and the Conceptual Concrete
Metaphysical pluralism is examined as a proposed explanation for theoretical indeterminacy in psychology and found wanting. A more promising view is that indeterminacy is caused by a methodological inadequacy that can be overcome by a revised understanding of abstraction in theory construction. The revision involves a genetic or historical approach to concept formation that reveals the concrete interrelations among qualities so that they can be o…
What is Living and What is Dead in Aristotle's Psychology
Psychology, society, and subjectivity
One result of the European student movements of the late 1960s was a critique of the mainstream, bourgeois social sciences. They were seen as irrelevant to the real needs of ordinary people and as practically and ideologically supporting oppression. The discussions around psychology in Berlin at the time became increasingly focused on whether the discipline could in fact be reformed. Some insisted that any form of institutionalized social science…
The Man who Mistook his Collective for a Reflex
Understanding the Essentially Social Individual
Emancipation Postponed
Holzkamp's Critical Psychology as a Science from the Standpoint of the Human Subject
An introduction is given to Klaus Holzkamp's notion of Critical Psychology as a science from the standpoint of the subject. A brief history of the idea is presented with a summary of its theoretical and methodological context. The crux of the matter is that the object of psychological science is no mere object but also a subject that acts on reasons and makes choices among real possibilities for action. This puts the psychologist and the subject …
Further Comments on the Meaning of ‘Dialectic’
While not disputing the claim that the word ‘dialectic’ has many meanings, it is argued that there exists in the diversity a unity which is expressed as a conception of development that possesses four interrelated features: qualitative transformation, process, opposition, and internal necessity. The understanding of dialectic has evolved from ancient times to the present, with materialist dialectic representing the most advanced form. Some conclu…
The Metaphysic of Relations in Klaus Riegel’s ‘Dialectics’ of Human Development
The intention of this paper is to criticize Klaus Riegel’s conception of dialectics. Dialectics is distinguished from the metaphysic of properties and the metaphysic of relations. The importance to dialectics of understanding movement, contradiction and development in terms of internal relations is stressed. Accounts in Riegel’s theory of the individual, balance, dialogue, change and development are examined and found to represent a metaphysic of…
Psychology (15 works) · Epistemology (9 works) · Philosophy (9 works) · Sociology (8 works) · Psychoanalysis (5 works) · Social Psychology (5 works) · Developmental psychology (4 works) · Cognitive science (3 works) · Social Psychology (3 works) · Academic and Historical Perspectives in Psychology (2 works)