Time and Psychological Explanation Book

	Preface
	Introduction	1
1	Newtonian Time and Psychological Explanation	13
	The Rise of Linear Time in Western Culture	14
	Newtonian Time	16
	Newton's Temporal Framework for Explanation	18
	Criticisms of Newton's Framework	21
	Psychology's Newtonian Framework	25
2	Developmental Psychology	31
	The History of Time and Developmental Studies	32
	The Newtonian Framework and Developmental Stages	38
	Newtonian Explanations of Social Development	41
	Anomalies to the Newtonian Paradigm for Development	44
3	Personality Theory	55
	The Conceptual Roots of Personality Theory	57
	Objectivist and Subjectivist Models of Time	59
	Freud as a Mixed Model Theorist	62
	The Objectivist Tradition in Personality	68
	Bandura's Social Cognitive Theory	72
	The Subjectivist Tradition-Newtonian Anomalies	77
4	Psychological Method	87
	The History of Method and Time	88
	The Newtonian Framework of Method	92
	Anomalous Methods	99
5	Cognitive Psychology	109
	Time and Associationism - A Brief History	110
	Rationalism Versus Empiricism	114
	Time and Contemporary Cognitive Psychology	117
	Language and Problem Solving	121
	Anomalies to the Current Paradigm	124
6	Individual Therapy	139
	The History of Individual Therapy and Time	140
	Modern Individual Therapy and Time	147
7	Group Therapy	163
	Linear Time and the Study of Groups	164
	The History of Group Therapy and Time	167
	The Current Status of Group Therapy	170
8	Family Therapy	183
	The History of Family Therapy and Time	184
	The Current Status of Family Therapy	189
9	General Temporal Themes of Explanation	207
	General Themes of the Newtonian Temporal Paradigm	208
	General Anomalies to the Newtonian Temporal Paradigm	219
	Implications of the Anomalies for Causation and Change	230
10	Alternative Assumptions of Time	239
	Organismic Holism	240
	Hermeneutic Temporality	254
	Notes	271
	Bibliography	309
	Index	331