The descriptive phenomenological method in psychology : a modified Husserlian approach

The descriptive phenomenological method in psychology : a modified Husserlian approach /

"Discusses the phenomenological foundations for qualitative research in psychology which operates out of the intersection of phenomenological philosophy, science, and psychology; challenges long-standing assumptions about the practice of grounding the science of psychology in empiricism and ass...

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Main Author: Giorgi, Amedeo, 1931-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Pittsburgh, Pa. : Duquesne University Press, 2009.
Subjects:
Phenomenological psychology.
Psychology > Research.
Table of Contents:
  • One: Conceptual Framework. Psychology as a natural science
  • Some aspects of Phenomenology relevant to the science of Psychology
  • Two: The qualitative perspective in researching pyschological phenomena. Brief general history
  • Some historical examples of qualitative research strategies
  • William James (1842-1910)
  • Edward B. Titchener (1867-1927)
  • Sir Frederic C. Barlett (1886-1969)
  • Gordon Allport (1897-1967)
  • Jean Piaget (1896-1980)
  • Robert Coles (b. 1929)
  • Qualitative researchers
  • Three: The research process.
  • Four: Scientific phenomenological method and its philospphical context. A few phenomenological principles
  • Sketch of a human science perspective
  • Five: The phenomenological method. The philosophical phenomenological method
  • Assumption of the transcendental phenomenological attitude
  • Search for the essence of the phenomenon
  • Description of the essence
  • The scientific phenomenological method
  • Modifications of the philosophical method to meet scientific pyschological criteria
  • Description from others
  • Assumption of the phenomenological reduction
  • The search for an invariant psychological meaning
  • A human science interpretation of the general research schema
  • A researchable problem
  • Research situation as analogue of the lifeworld situation
  • Control as concomitant recording of spontaneous activity or expressions
  • The steps of the method
  • Data collection phase
  • Analysis of descriptions
  • The concrete steps of the method
  • Six: The application of the method. The experience of jealousy (P₁)
  • The experience of jealousy (P₂)
  • The experience of jealousy (P₁): AG's Meaning Units
  • The experience of jealousy (P₂): AG's Meaning Units
  • AG's structure for P₁ and P₂
  • The experience of jealousy (P₁) with BG's Meaning Units
  • The experience of jealousy (P₂) with BG's Meaning Units
  • BG's structure for P₁ and P₂
  • Commentary on the analyses
  • Circumscribing the Psychological Eidetic Generalization
  • The structure of the experience
  • Actual research results using the Phenomenological Psychological Method.

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