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

Bibliographic Data

ID6071909
AuthorsMarino Pérez-Álvarez, Marino Pérez Álvarez (0000-0002-3906-156X, Universidad de Oviedo, corresponding author)
Year2018
Volume52
Issue1
Pages25-51
Publication date2018-03-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueIntegrative Psychological and Behavioral Science (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1932-4502 • E-ISSN: 1936-3567
PublisherSpringer Science and Business Media LLC (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1007/s12124-017-9408-4
PMID29063995
OpenAlexW2766410699
LanguageEN
Citations received12
References cited74

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