{"product_id":"psychology-and-the-question-of-jack-martin-9780791457252","title":"Psychology and the Question of Agency","description":"Disciplinary 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 and social world. Implications of the theory are considered for psychological research and practice, and for the broader socio-political impact of disciplinary psychology in Western liberal democracies.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jack Martin, Jeff Sugarman, Janice Thompson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0791457257\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780791457252\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e State University of New York Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/08\/2003\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 196\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.85lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.44h x 5.98w x 0.61d","brand":"Jack Martin","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44072773386495,"sku":"9780791457252","price":95.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_66ebac77-383b-4348-b560-177ae42df7e6.jpg?v=1685443893","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/psychology-and-the-question-of-jack-martin-9780791457252","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}