Browsing Psychology by Author "Greenberg, Gary"
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After the decade of the brain: now what?. Review of: the new phrenology: the limits of localizing cognitive processes in the brain
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Chapter Four – Emergence, self-organization and developmental science
Greenberg, Gary; Callina, Kristina Schmid; Mueller, Megan Kiely (Elsevier, 2013)Our understanding is that psychology is a biopsychosocial science as well as a developmental science. Behavioral origins stem from ontogenetic processes, behavioral as well as biological. Biological factors are simply ... -
Comparative psychology, a new perspective for the 21st century: up the spiral staircase
Greenberg, Gary; Partridge, Ty; Weiss, Emily; Pisula, Wojciech (John Wiley & Sons, 2004-01)This article responds to the continuing obituaries for Comparative Psychology. We understand the field to be a general psychology, a way of understanding the origins of all behavior of all species. We outline a methodological ... -
Emergence, self-organization, and developmental science. Introduction
Greenberg, Gary (Taylor & Francis, 2014-01-02)Developmental science is undergoing a true Kuhnian paradigm shift, away from early 20th century gene-based ideas of instinct toward modern biophysical ideas of holism and epigenesis. These ideas can be traced from the early ... -
Ethel Tobach (1921-2015) in memoriam
Greenberg, Gary (American Psychological Association, 2016-01)With the passing of Ethel Tobach, the world of psychology has lost one of its few remaining giants. While her death brings to an end an important era in 20th-century comparative psychology, her contributions went beyond ... -
The failure of biogenetic analysis in psychology: Why psychology is not a biological science
Greenberg, Gary (Taylor & Francis, 2011)Many define psychology as a biological science and emphasize brains and genes as major determinants of behavior. Instead, it is argued here that psychology is a unique biopsychosocial science able to stand on its own. ... -
How new ideas in physics and biology influence developmental science
Greenberg, Gary (Taylor & Francis, 2014-01-02)This article reviews how ideas from 20th century physics and biology have come to play important roles in the study of development and how these ideas have informed a relatively new paradigm in developmental science: ... -
The limitations of behavior-genetic analyses: comment on McGue, Elkins, Walden, and Lacono
Greenberg, Gary (American Psychological Association, 2005-11)This article takes issue with the behavior-genetic analysis of parenting style presented by M. McGue, I. Elkins, B. Walden, and W. G. Iacono. The author argues that the attribution of their findings to inherited genetic ... -
The relationship of marihuana usage to personality and motivational factors
Burdsal, Charles A.; Greenberg, Gary; Timpe, Randie (Taylor & Francis, 1973-05-17)The 16 Personality Factors Questionnaire (16 PF), Motivation Analysis Test (MAT), and a marihuana usage questionnaire were administered anonymously to 104 undergraduate students. Raw scores were converted to sten scores ...