{"product_id":"9780387971650","title":"Zero-Variable Theories and the Psychology of the Explainer","description":"\u003ch1\u003eZero-Variable Theories and the Psychology of the Explainer\u003c\/h1\u003e \u003ch2\u003eWicklund, Robert A.\u003c\/h2\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn \u003cb\u003eZero-Variable Theories,\u003c\/b\u003e 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 categories as one would defend a personal territory, fending off competing explainers through mis-use of statistical devices. The end result is the formulation of theories that neglect the perspectives of those whose behaviors are to be explained, and which simultaneously exclude psychological variables.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ch3\u003eDetails\u003c\/h3\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublished by: Springer\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublication Date: 1990-04-23\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFormat: Hardcover\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN-13: 9780387971650\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDOI: 10.1007\/978-1-4612-3344-2\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDimensions: cm xcm\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePages: 156\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Springer New York","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46312646541452,"sku":"9780387971650","price":89.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9780387971650.jpg?v=1771528071","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9780387971650","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}