Screen LibraryQuestioning causality : scientific explorations of cause and consequence across social contexts /
"Covering a topic applicable to fields ranging from education to health care to psychology, this book provides a broad critical analysis of the assumptions that researchers and practitioners have about causation and explains how readers can improve their thinking about causation"--
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Praeger, an imprint of ABC-CLIO, LLC,
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| Publisher Address: | Santa Barbara, California : |
| Publication Dates: | [2016] |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Summary: |
"Covering a topic applicable to fields ranging from education to health care to psychology, this book provides a broad critical analysis of the assumptions that researchers and practitioners have about causation and explains how readers can improve their thinking about causation"-- |
| Carrier Form: | xii, 421 pages ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| ISBN: |
9781440831782 1440831785 |
| Index Number: | H62 |
| CLC: | C0 |
| Call Number: | C0/Q55 |
| Contents: | Machine generated contents note: pt. ONE THE CONCEPTS OF CAUSATION AS DEVELOPED BY PHILOSOPHERS -- 1.The Discourse Frame / Rom Harre -- 2.The Temporal Frame / Rom Harre -- 3.The Explanation Frame / Rom Harre -- pt. TWO CAUSAL CONCEPTS AND RESEARCH METHODS -- 4.Causation in Introductory Psychology Texts / Fathali M. Moghaddam -- Editors' Commentary -- 5.Rerum Cognoscere Causas: Dependent and Independent Variables in Psychology / Adrian Furnham -- Editors' Commentary -- 6.On the Concept of "Effects" in Contemporary Psychological Experimentation: A Case Study in the Need for Conceptual Clarity and Discursive Precision / James T. Lamiell -- Editors' Commentary -- 7.Legislating Causal Logic: Scientifically Based Educational Research in the United States / Alissa Blair -- Editors' Commentary -- pt. THREE CAUSAL CONCEPTS AND LINGUISTIC TOPICS -- 8.Triggers and Their Consequences for Language Acquisition / David W. Lightfoot -- Editors' Commentary -- 9.Causes of Language Death / Peter Muhlhausler -- Editors' Commentary -- 10.A Picture Is Worth a Thousand Words: On Causes, Reasons, and Images / Jens Brockmeier -- pt. FOUR CAUSAL CONCEPTS AND MEDICAL CONTEXTS -- 11.The Notion of Cause in Biomedicine / John Grimley Evans -- Editors' Commentary -- 12.Causes and Consequences: Pain Research and the Placebo Effect / James T. Bednar -- Editors' Commentary -- 13.Questioning Causation in Mental Health / Paul Steinberg -- Editors' Commentary -- 14.Understanding the Person with Alzheimer's Disease from a Causes-and-Consequences Perspective / Steven R. Sabat -- Editors' Commentary -- pt. FIVE CAUSAL CONCEPTS AND COLLECTIVE BEHAVIOR -- 15.Causality and Protracted Violent Conflicts: The Case of Internally Displaced Persons / Sudha G. Rajput -- Editors' Commentary -- 16.This Causes Conflict! On the Risks of Establishing Causalities through Conflict Analysis and the Consequences of Implementing Those Logics in Conflict Resolution Strategies / Jacquie L. Greiff -- Editors' Commentary -- 17.Causality in the Study of Collective Action and Political Behavior / Alexander K. Saeri -- Editors' Commentary -- 18.Assumed Causes of Collective Excellence / Fathali M. Moghaddam -- Editors' Commentary -- pt. SIX CAUSAL CONCEPTS AND LEGAL PROCEEDINGS -- 19.Cause and Consequence in the Law / William C. Bryson -- Editors' Commentary -- 20.No Bad Deed Goes Unrewarded: Cause, Consequence, and Deviance in Emerging Technological Regimes / Rodrigo Nieto-Gomez -- Editors' Commentary -- pt. SEVEN CAUSAL CONCEPTS AND THEOLOGICAL AND POETRY STUDIES -- 21.Theological Studies / Margaret M. Yee -- Editors' Commentary -- 22.Causality and the Poetry of Witness / Duncan Wu -- Editors' Commentary. |