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E-Journal of Applied Psychology, 2005
Psychology has been increasingly recognising the multiplicity of the self. However, this recognit... more Psychology has been increasingly recognising the multiplicity of the self. However, this recognition raises the problem of explaining how a sense of self-identity is achieved within a multiplicity of selves. Two theoretical orientations playing a major role in the study of the plurality of the self: the social-cognitive perspective, in which self is studied as an information-processing device, and the social constructionist framework, in which self is understood as a matter of social and linguistic negotiation. Nevertheless, it is argued that these orientations are still trapped in several epistemological problems and the final result leaves no space for subjectivity. Dialogism and the dialogical view of the self are presented as possible solutions for those problems. Conceiving self as a result of the dialogicality, unity and multiplicity appear as two contrasting, but united poles of a dialogical and (inter)subjective self.
Human Development in the Life Course: Melodies of Living, Nov 2013
Drawing on philosophy, the history of psychology and the natural sciences, this book proposes a n... more Drawing on philosophy, the history of psychology and the natural sciences, this book proposes a new theoretical foundation for the psychology of the life course. It features the study of unique individual life courses in their social and cultural environment, combining the perspectives of developmental and sociocultural psychology, psychotherapy, learning sciences and geronto-psychology. In particular, the book highlights semiotic processes, specific to human development, that allow us to draw upon past experiences, to choose among alternatives and to plan our futures. Imagination is an important outcome of semiotic processes and enables us to deal with daily constraints and transitions, and promotes the transformation of social representation and symbolic systems - giving each person a unique style, or 'melody', of living. The book concludes by questioning the methodology and epistemology of current life course studies.
Participants The present study focused on 6 participants, selected from a broader nonclinical sam... more Participants The present study focused on 6 participants, selected from a broader nonclinical sample of 19 participants (data from the remaining 13 participants is still being analysed). The participants were adults (50% males; 50% females). The age average was 32 years ...
Abstract It is intuitively felt that ambiguity plays a crucial role in human beings&#... more Abstract It is intuitively felt that ambiguity plays a crucial role in human beings' everyday life and in psychologists' theoretical and applied work. However, ambiguity remains essentially non-problematised in psychological science since its foundation. This article analyses positivist and social ...
E-Journal of Applied Psychology, 2005
Psychology has been increasingly recognising the multiplicity of the self. However, this recognit... more Psychology has been increasingly recognising the multiplicity of the self. However, this recognition raises the problem of explaining how a sense of self-identity is achieved within a multiplicity of selves. Two theoretical orientations playing a major role in the study of the plurality of the self: the social-cognitive perspective, in which self is studied as an information-processing device, and the social constructionist framework, in which self is understood as a matter of social and linguistic negotiation. Nevertheless, it is argued that these orientations are still trapped in several epistemological problems and the final result leaves no space for subjectivity. Dialogism and the dialogical view of the self are presented as possible solutions for those problems. Conceiving self as a result of the dialogicality, unity and multiplicity appear as two contrasting, but united poles of a dialogical and (inter)subjective self.
Human Development in the Life Course: Melodies of Living, Nov 2013
Drawing on philosophy, the history of psychology and the natural sciences, this book proposes a n... more Drawing on philosophy, the history of psychology and the natural sciences, this book proposes a new theoretical foundation for the psychology of the life course. It features the study of unique individual life courses in their social and cultural environment, combining the perspectives of developmental and sociocultural psychology, psychotherapy, learning sciences and geronto-psychology. In particular, the book highlights semiotic processes, specific to human development, that allow us to draw upon past experiences, to choose among alternatives and to plan our futures. Imagination is an important outcome of semiotic processes and enables us to deal with daily constraints and transitions, and promotes the transformation of social representation and symbolic systems - giving each person a unique style, or 'melody', of living. The book concludes by questioning the methodology and epistemology of current life course studies.
Participants The present study focused on 6 participants, selected from a broader nonclinical sam... more Participants The present study focused on 6 participants, selected from a broader nonclinical sample of 19 participants (data from the remaining 13 participants is still being analysed). The participants were adults (50% males; 50% females). The age average was 32 years ...
Abstract It is intuitively felt that ambiguity plays a crucial role in human beings&#... more Abstract It is intuitively felt that ambiguity plays a crucial role in human beings' everyday life and in psychologists' theoretical and applied work. However, ambiguity remains essentially non-problematised in psychological science since its foundation. This article analyses positivist and social ...