Psychology as a Science of Subject and Comportment, beyond the Mind and Behavior

Dados Bibliográficos

ID6071909
AutoresMarino Pérez-Álvarez, Marino Pérez Álvarez (0000-0002-3906-156X, Universidad de Oviedo, autor correspondente)
Ano2018
Volume52
Fascículo1
Páginas25-51
Data de publicação2018-03-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoIntegrative Psychological and Behavioral Science (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1932-4502 • E-ISSN: 1936-3567
EditoraSpringer Science and Business Media LLC (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1007/s12124-017-9408-4
PMID29063995
OpenAlexW2766410699
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas12
Referências citadas74

The turn of qualitative inquiry suggests a more open, plural conception of psychology than just the science of the mind and behavior as it is most commonly defined. Historical, ontological and epistemological binding of this conception of psychology to the positivist method of natural science may have exhausted its possibilities, and after having contributed to its prestige as a science, has now become an obstacle. It is proposed that psychology be reconceived as a science of subject and comportment in the framework of a contextual hermeneutic, social, human behavioral science. Thus, without rejecting quantitative inquiry, psychology recovers territory left aside like introspection and pre-reflective self-awareness, and reconnects with traditions marginalized from the main stream. From this perspective psychology might also recover its credibility as a human science in view of current skepticism

Cognitive psychology · Cognitive science · Epistemology · Folk psychology · Introspection · Plural · Positivism · Skepticism · Academic and Historical Perspectives in Psychology · Cultural Differences and Values · Psychology · Social Psychology · Social Representations and Identity