NTA-NET (UGC-NET) Psychology (04) Emergence of Psychology-Paradigms of Western Psychology Study Material (Page 3 of 8)
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Paradigms of Western Psychology: Critical Perspective
Critical Perspective
Critical perspective or critical theory is a social theory oriented toward critiquing and changing society as a whole, in contrast to traditional theory oriented only to understanding or explaining it.
- Critical perspective aims to find the knowledge beyond the surface level of the social life. The critical perspective helps to understand about how the world works in its full and true form.
- Critical perspective was developed by Horkeimer, Adorno, and Marcuse at Frankfort School.
Critical Perspective and Linguistic Turn
Critical theorists proposed a “linguistic turn” in …
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Paradigms of Western Psychology: Social Constructionism
Social Constructionism
Constructivist paradigm is closely related with interpretative paradigm. According to social constructivists, understanding the world as others experience it. Constructivists differ from the viewpoints of positivists and post-positivists. It is mainly based on the assumptions about reality, knowledge, sources of knowledge, their role and value in research process.
Research
According to social constructivists reason for doing a research is to understand about human nature.
Philosophical Underpinnings
Social constructivism is informed by hermeneuti…
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