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Construct Meaning Of The Category And Paradigm Of Psychological Methods

Posted on:2013-05-12Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:L C DengFull Text:PDF
GTID:2235330374476825Subject:Higher Education
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The object of psychology is People.Psychology is the psychology of survival based on the value of implication being the object of their research. The history of the development of mental discipline is the essence of a person’s pursuit of history. Natural science-oriented psychology as can be to predict and control the object object is psychological research "element" or "atomic" and realistic "mechanical body; humanities-oriented psychology to see into the main body of experience is a unique individual existence as a whole, and constantly go beyond the self-realization. But from beginning to end, psychology, unlike physics and chemistry, a unified framework of disciplines, common concepts and terminology, basic scope and subject groups accepted norms paradigm. It is precisely because psychology lack of a unified paradigm of psychology to the lack of influence, resulting in its disciplinary status is being questioned.Psychology from the date of independence, discipline internally there has been a heated debate, the argument is the different understanding of the scope of psychological research. Believe in different areas of psychology researcher accused or even attack each other based on different theories, but who also difficult to convince the other party. Psychology to today have not established the really suitable for the characteristics of the research methodology.Method is a way or means used to solve the problem or achieve a certain purpose. Methodology is a summary from the philosophical perspective of human experience in the creation and application of various methods, to seek the laws of knowledge about the method, it provides a general law or the rules of the specific scientific study must be followed, methodology constrained and influenced the choice of methods and used. Consciously or unconsciously use different methodology researchers to consider the issue will have their own unique perspectives and views of their research areas and paradigms are not the same. Different research areas and paradigms in their choice of study program, will show differences in study method and means.In this study, a reflection of the main schools of psychology research methodology, we found that psychology research methodology there are three issues:(1) the exchange and confrontation of science and humanities;(2) the general methodology and specific methodology coexist and out of;(3) methodology integrated the hope and despair.Ten psychology party objective to promote the role of psychological research is enormous, and they have served as a protagonist in the process of psychological research, representing over a period of historical development of psychology at the brilliant location and objectively about the history of psychology.However, a variety of psychology school and the same thing, different experiences, perspectives, leading to the object of their psychology, tasks, scope, methodology, has a different view and understanding of the difficulties in harmonizing the plight of this methodology led to peoplepsychology scientific challenged.As we all know, as a science, must have a system concept, the basic scope and specification paradigm. Concept, scope and paradigm is to construct the basis of the methodology. The concept describes a specific object of interdisciplinary research areas revealed that the basic nature and regularity of the interdisciplinary research object, while the paradigm is the collection and application of concepts and categories. The concepts, categories and paradigms of a discipline both to reflect the object of interdisciplinary research can also identify the characteristics of subjects and even an era of scientific theoretical thinking.Basic questions about the study of psychology, areas, orientations, ways and methods, the history and did not give us a reasonable, perfect answer. Review and reflection on the areas of psychological research, drawing on Kuhn’s paradigm theory, we believe that the paradigm and scope of psychological methodology of constructing meaning mainly in three aspects:(1) in the disciplines of the fundamental role of the concept of construct;(2) the scope of construction of the supporting role of disciplinary independence;(3) Construction of Paradigm system cooperation in interdisciplinary research.Only a reasonable and sound research methodology, psychological disciplines that has the possibility of sustainable development. This study was to review the methodology of the major schools of psychology, to reflect on the scope of the study of psychology, to explore the significance of the scope and paradigm construction of Psychological Research Methodology will help psychology to reassess their own object of study, scope and methods back to be forgotten the real field with the subject; help us to the proper treatment of the psychological legacy of the essence to its dregs, and to clarify existing psychological theory of boundary conditions. Construct psychology really suitable for the characteristics of the research paradigm, can contribute to psychological maturity and norms.
Keywords/Search Tags:concept, category, paradigm, methodology
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