Zero-Variable Theories and the Psychology of the Explainer

by Robert A. Wicklund

Book Overview

In Zero-Variable Theories, Dr. Robert Wicklund invites the reader to consider the psychological perspective of the "explainer". In examining the over-simplifications that have become dominant in modern psychology, the author points to such factors as competition with other explainers and pressure to offer and promulgate a unique explanation. The explainer is characterized as equating theory with simple, fixed categories, and as defending those...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1461279747
• ISBN13: 9781461279747
• Release Date: October 2011
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 156 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.2"