{"product_id":"beyond-individual-and-group-differences","title":"Beyond Individual and Group Differences","description":"\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"James Lamiell is a creative, sophisticated, and careful thinker, one whose ideas are deserving of broad attention….The book should be of interest to scholars and practitioners, along with advanced graduate students.\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e--Kenneth J. Gergen, \u003ci\u003eSwarthmore College\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eBeyond Individual and Group Differences: Human Individuality, Scientific Psychology, and William Stern′s Critical Personalism \u003c\/b\u003eexamines the history of psychology′s effort to come to terms with human individuality, from the time of Wundt to present day. With a primary emphasis on the contributions of German psychologist William Stern, this book generates a wider appreciation for Stern′s perspective on human individuality and for the proper place of personalitic thinking within scientific psychology. The author presents an alternative approach to the logical positivism that permeates traditional psychological thought and methodology making this an innovative, ground-breaking work. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eFeature and Benefits:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e    \u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eProvides book-length treatment of the concept of human individuality in twentieth century scientific psychology, highlighting the historical contributions made by the German psychologist and philosopher William Stern (1871-1938).\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e      \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eCritically appraises contemporary thinking about personality in light of historical and methodological considerations.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eChallenges readers to rethink the problem of human individuality with research that mounts a direct empirical challenge to the long-standing belief that it is meaningless to characterize individuals without comparing them with one another.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eConcludes with a general discussion of the potential of personalistic thinking both as a foundation for personality theory and as a framework for social thought.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e    \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eBeyond Individual and Group Differences\u003c\/b\u003e is a dynamic book for academics and scholars in the areas of personality psychology, individual differences, and the history of psychology.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"SAGE Publications Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54246717587800,"sku":"9780761921721","price":182.28,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780761921721.jpg?v=1777785330","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/beyond-individual-and-group-differences","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}