On the Psychology of Individual Differences - L. William Stern

On the Psychology of Individual Differences

Toward a 'Differential Psychology'
Buch | Hardcover
XX, 178 Seiten
2024
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-031-69637-4 (ISBN)
139,09 inkl. MwSt

This book presents an English translation, by Nicolas and Lamiell, of the entirety of a German-language text authored by William Stern (1871-1938) and published in 1900. Its publication is widely considered to mark the founding of that sub-discipline of psychology devoted to the systematic study of individual and group differences. The book includes an introductory chapter by Nicolas and Lamiell, placing Stern's work into historical context and discussing its influence on the work of scholars who followed.

By making this available for the first time for an Anglophone audience, it fills a significant gap in the history of psychology literature and offers a springboard into much needed critical discourse on the contemporary state of psychological testing in particular, and on the study of individual and group differences more broadly. It holds fresh insights for those specializing in the fields of personality psychology, educational psychology, and industrial-organizational psychology; as well as to practitioners in the fields of personal and educational counseling.


L. William Stern (1871 - 1938) was a German scholar whose hallmark contribution to psychology was, in his own view, a comprehensive system of thought he called 'critical personalism.' Within that system, Stern offered a philosophically sophisticated understanding of the psychological development of human personalities and, by extension, a vision of the dynamics of socio-ethically flourishing human communities.

Serge Nicolas is Professor of psychology at the Université Paris Cité and a senior member of the Institut Universitaire de France (IUF). Professor Nicolas' research interests include experimental psychology, the history of French and German psychology and Alfred Binet. He has published numerous articles and books on William Stern in French and English including 'William Stern and the establishment of a psychology of testimony in Germany' in European Yearbook of the History of Psychology (2022).

James T. Lamiell is Professor Emeritus of psychology at Georgetown University, USA. Professor Lamiell is a three-time Fulbright scholar to Germany and has been engaged with the writings of William Stern for over 30 years. As a visiting professor at the University of Hamburg in 2004, he delivered a series of public lectures on Stern's life and works. He has published numerous articles and books on William Stern including Uncovering Critical Personalism: Readings from William Stern's Contributions to Scientific Psychology (2021). He is also the former president of APA Divisions 24 (Society of Theoretical and Philosophical Psychology) and 26 (Society for the History of Psychology).

 

 

Foreword.- Introduction.- Part One: Nature, Tasks, and Methods of Differential Psychology.- Chapter 1: Nature and Tasks.- Chapter 2: Methods of Differential Psychology.- Part Two: On Certain Fields of Mental Differentiation and Their Experimental Treatment.- Chapter 3: Sensory sensitivity.- Chapter 4: Perceptual types.- Chapter 5: Memory Differentiation in memory contents.- Chapter 6: Associations.- Chapter 7: Apprehension types.- Chapter 8: Attention.- Chapter 9: Combinatorial ability.- Chapter 10: Judgment.- Chapter 11: Reaction types.- Chapter 12: Emotions.- Chapter 13: Mental tempo.- Chapter 14: Mental energetics.- Part Three: Bibliography.- Chapter 15: General Information.- Chapter 16: Character.- Chapter 16: Temperaments.- Chapter 17: Mental Tests.- Chapter 18: Sensory Sensitivity.- Chapter 19: Perceptual Types.- Chapter 20: Audition.- Chapter 21: Memory-based Representations.- Chapter 22: Comprehension, Judgment.- Chapter 23: Psychophysiology and Reaction Types.- Chapter 24:Energy (Will).- Chapter 25: List of Authors for the Bibliography (name index).

Erscheinungsdatum
Reihe/Serie Palgrave Studies in the Theory and History of Psychology
Co-Autor Serge Nicolas, James T. Lamiell
Übersetzer Serge Nicolas, James T. Lamiell
Zusatzinfo XX, 178 p. 4 illus.
Verlagsort Cham
Sprache englisch
Maße 148 x 210 mm
Themenwelt Geisteswissenschaften Geschichte
Geisteswissenschaften Psychologie Allgemeines / Lexika
Geisteswissenschaften Psychologie Pädagogische Psychologie
Schlagworte Applied Psychology • Differential Psychology • history of psychological testing • History of Science • individual and group differences • multi-method research • Psychological Testing • William Stern
ISBN-10 3-031-69637-9 / 3031696379
ISBN-13 978-3-031-69637-4 / 9783031696374
Zustand Neuware
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