John Shotter has devoted himself to unfolding a way of understanding the social world that
centres human connection – not human cognition. In this chapter I try to show the common …

IN the physical rvorld, according to the Second Law of Thermodynamics, there is a general
tendericy torvards a decrease of order. Maxrvell once lamented the lack of demons. He said …

Cor Baerveldt is a Cultural Psychologist and Associate Professor at the University of Alberta,
Edmonton, Canada. His work is concerned with the historical, ontological, and …

Following recent claims in social psychology, it is suggested that many hypotheses in the
discipline do not lend themselves to empirical investigation. Certain studies in attribution theory …

Rather than addressing the application of a specific methodology to illness experience, this
chapter argues that illness experiences are qualitatively different, so that they need to be …

Psychotherapy can be defined as the treatment of a mental disorder, an emotional disorder,
or bodily ills by psychological means. The general public tends to view therapy as an …

The effect of premise order on spatial reasoning was investigated using a paradigm introduced
by Byrne & Johnson‐Laird in 1989. Three kinds of problems were developed: the first of …