Psychology and the Question of Agency by Jack Martin, Jeff Su... - 9780791457252

Name: Psychology and the Question of Agency by Jack Martin, Jeff Su... - 9780791457252
Brand: State University of New York Press

State University of New York Press

Psychology and the Question of AgencyAuthor(s): Jack Martin, Jeff Sugarman, Janice Thompson\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: State University of New York Press, United States\nImprint: State University of New York Press\nISBN-13: 9780791457252, 978-0791457252\nSynopsis\nLooks at the limits of free will in human action.\n\nDisciplinary psychology has failed to achieve a coherent conception of human agency. Instead, it oscillates between two differing conceptions of agency that are equally untenable: a scientistic, reductive approach to choice and action, and an instrumental approach that celebrates a romantic notion of free will. This book examines theoretical, philosophical psychology and argues for a historically and socioculturally situated human capacity for choosing and acting in ways not entirely determined by culture and/or biology. The authors present a detailed developmental theory of how agentic capability emerges from the pre-reflective activity of humans in a real physical an.