Cicourel, Aaron V.
Published in
Mind & Society
Research on brain or cognitive/affective processes, culture, social interaction, and structural analysis are overlapping but often independent ways humans have attempted to understand the origins of their evolution, historical, and contemporary development. Each level seeks to employ its own theoretical concepts and methods for depicting human natu...
Maton, Kenneth I. Perkins, Douglas D. Saegert, Susan
Published in
American Journal of Community Psychology
Effective engagement in interdisciplinary work is critical if community psychology is to achieve its promise as a field of ecological inquiry and social action. The purpose of this paper and special issue is to help make the benefits of interdisciplinary community research clearer and to identify and begin to address its challenges. Although some a...
Wright, Patricia Ann Kloos, Bret
Published in
Journal of environmental psychology
This study examines the effects of perceived housing environment on selected well-being outcomes of a seriously mentally ill population in supported housing programs. Individuals live independently in their own apartments and use supportive mental health services as needed. The study conceptualizes one's housing environment as existing at the apart...
Gurney, Kevin N.
Published in
Cognitive Computation
How are we to go about understanding the computations that underpin cognition? Here we set out a methodological framework that helps understand different approaches to solving this problem. We argue that a very powerful stratagem is to attempt to ‘reverse engineer’ the brain and that computational neuroscience plays a pivotal role in this programme...
Trickett, Edison J.
Published in
American Journal of Community Psychology
The purpose of this paper is to apply an ecological perspective to the conduct of multilevel community-based culturally-situated interventions. After a discussion of the emerging consensus about the value of approaching such interventions ecologically, the paper outlines a series of questions stimulated by an ecological perspective that can guide f...
Tabery, James
Published in
Biology & Philosophy
Philosophers of science have developed an account of causal-mechanical explanation that captures regularity, but this account neglects variation. In this article I amend the philosophy of mechanisms to capture variation. The task is to explicate the relationship between regular causal mechanisms responsible for individual development and causes of ...
Travieso, David Jacobs, David M.
Published in
Integrative Psychological and Behavioral Science
Is it useful to apply ecological principles, developed to understand perception and action, in research areas such as social psychology? Charles (Integrative Psychological & Behavioral Sciences 43(1) 53–66 2009) warns ecological psychologists interested in this question that much time and effort can be saved through a backwards extension to or redi...
Karsh, Ben-Tzion Brown, Roger
Published in
Applied Ergonomics
Palanski, Michael E.
Published in
Journal of Business Ethics
Forgiveness and reconciliation have been shown to be beneficial alternatives to revenge as responses to an interpersonal offense in the workplace. Prior research on these topics, however, is often narrow in scope, focusing on only the victim. Moreover, existing research is often unclear about the relationship between forgiveness and reconciliation....
Yammarino, F.J.
Published in
Encyclopedia of Human Behavior