From Scientific Psychology to the Study of Persons: A Psychologist’s Memoir

Cover
Half Title
Series Page
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Table of Contents
Series Foreword
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1 My Life in Psychology: An Introduction
	Persons as Active Agents in Our Lives
	The Limits of Scientific Psychology Concerning Persons in Our Life Contexts
	Studying Persons in Their Life Contexts
	The Story Told in This Memoir
	An Overview of What Follows
	References
Chapter 2 Early Life and Education: Questions and Ambivalences
	Undergraduate Studies at the University of Alberta
	Graduate Studies
	Post-Doctoral Years
	References
Chapter 3 My First Academic Appointment: Survival and Credibility
	Trying to Fit In
	Initial Research on Teaching and Counseling
	Sabbatical at Deakin University
	Back Home but Far from Settled
	References
Chapter 4 Academic Success and Personal Dissonance: My Theoretical Turn
	Research on How Psychotherapy Works
	Sabbatical at the University of Iowa and the Benefits of Travel
	Finishing Up and Moving On
	References
Chapter 5 Finding a Home: In Full Pursuit of Persons
	Settling in upon My Return
	Developing a Psychology of Personhood
	A New Location and Some New Directions
	A Critique of Psychology in Education
	A Biographical Turn: Position Exchange and Life Positioning Analysis
	Rounding out a Career
	References
Chapter 6 Retrospective: Reaching for a Psychology of Persons
	Gearing Down
	Life Writing as a Primary Source and Method for a Psychology of Persons
	The Good and Evil Persons Do
	Persons in Plain View
	Taking Stock of My Life in Psychology
	A Way Forward?
	References
Index