Deutsche Gesellschaft
für phänomenologische Forschung

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The role of methods in the methodology cycle

Jaan Valsiner

pp. 41-57

Abstrakt

The crucial starting point for this book is the idea that methods are a sub-part of methodology that functions as a cycle and that it is in the coordination of all parts of the cycle that creating and using any particular method may make sense for knowledge creation. In this chapter I outline some ways in which such theory-based methods have been, and could be, created. The examples used come from traditional personality questionnaires. How can we study the reality of the phenomenon described in that (or any other) one personality test item? This is the crucial issue for all of psychological methods—they need to establish access to basic psychological processes that can be studied on the basis of any single instance (see elaboration in the chapter). Traditional personality questionnaires are filled with valuable materials about the phenomena under study. It is another matter that as methods they remain inconsequential. Examples of constructing relevant methods (TEA) are given. The focus on constructing methods that entail movement is outlined.

Publication details

Published in:

Valsiner Jaan (2017) From methodology to methods in human psychology. Dordrecht, Springer.

Seiten: 41-57

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-61064-1_5

Referenz:

Valsiner Jaan (2017) The role of methods in the methodology cycle, In: From methodology to methods in human psychology, Dordrecht, Springer, 41–57.