APPROACHING ACCOUNTABILITY IN PSYCHOTHERAPY |
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| Authors: | Gary D Fireman |
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| Institution: | Department of Psychology , Winthrop College , Rock Hill, South Carolina, 29733 |
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| Abstract: | Abstract Comprehensive construing refers to a process whereby events that have previously been construed in a variety of ways come to be subsumed within a superordinate construct. Occurring within a broadened perceptual field and incorporating existing specialized knowledge, comprehensive constructs may lead to an integrated understanding within a higher-order revised framework. Parallel processes can be seen in scientific discovery from the standpoint of Polanyi's conception of “personal knowledge,” in cognitive stage transitions outlined by Pioget's genetic epistemology, in Buckminster Fuller's “comprehensivism,” and in comprehensive approaches to education and science. |
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