Unity in Psychology: Possibility or Pipedream? 2005
DOI: 10.1037/10847-003
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Case-Based Studies as a Source of Unity in Applied Psychology.

Abstract: To unify or not to unify applied psychology: That is the question. In this chapter we review pendulum swings in the historical efforts to answer this question, from a comprehensive, positivist, "top-down," deductive yes between the 1930s and the early 1960s to a postmodern no since then and until recently. We then present a rationale and proposal for a limited, "bottom-up," inductive yes, using a case-based paradigm that integrates both positivist and postmodern themes and components. We call this paradigm pra… Show more

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“…Amongst the alternatives to the traditional evidence-based movement the Pragmatic Houses Study Method (Fiedler, 2001 ; Fishman and Messer, 2004 ; Messer, 2004 ) could be interesting: it is characterized by systematic and largely qualitative case studies that focus on practical results. Another useful approach is the Hermeneutic Single-Case Efficacy Design (Elliott, 2001 ) which comprises the use of quantitative and qualitative information, direct and indirect evidences to create a rich database with single-case records.…”
Section: Complementary Approaches To the Traditional Rcts-based Ebm Amentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Amongst the alternatives to the traditional evidence-based movement the Pragmatic Houses Study Method (Fiedler, 2001 ; Fishman and Messer, 2004 ; Messer, 2004 ) could be interesting: it is characterized by systematic and largely qualitative case studies that focus on practical results. Another useful approach is the Hermeneutic Single-Case Efficacy Design (Elliott, 2001 ) which comprises the use of quantitative and qualitative information, direct and indirect evidences to create a rich database with single-case records.…”
Section: Complementary Approaches To the Traditional Rcts-based Ebm Amentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Safran and Messer believed that there were inherent difficulties when the field moved away from pluralism to a single unified theory, derived from what might be a misunderstanding of the philosophy of science, and how basic assumptions signify the model. In a later chapter, Fishman and Messer (2004) cautiously considered unification but believed that it should not be in the form of a grand unifying theory, which they believed to be inherently problematic.…”
Section: Unification Of Clinical "Psychological" Science Versus Unifi...mentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The Pragmatic Case Study Method Fishman (1999Fishman ( , 2001Fishman & Messer, 2004) has proposed that the basic unit of knowledge in applied psychology-whose ultimate purpose is to improve the condition of individuals, groups, families, organizations, or communities-should be the individual case. His pragmatic case study method (PCSM) refers to systematic, largely qualitative case studies that are focused on practical results.…”
Section: Intensive Case Study: the Practitioner's Friendmentioning
confidence: 99%