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    A Pragmatic Perspective of Measurement
    (Springer, 2021) Torres Irribarra, David Esteban
    This book aims to address the challenges of defining measurement in social sciences, presenting a conceptualization of the practice of measurement from the perspective of the pragmatic tradition in philosophy. The book reviews key questions regarding the scope and limits of measurement, emphasizing that if the trust that the public places on mea­sures in the social sciences relies on their connection to the notion of measurement in the physical sciences, then the clarification of the similarities and differences between measurement in the physical and the social realms is of central importance to adequately contextualize their relative advantages and limitations. It goes on to present some of the most influential theories of measurement such as the “classical view” of measurement, operationalism, and the representational theory of measurement, as well as more methodological perspectives arising from the practice of researchers in the social sciences, such as the latent variable perspective, and from the physical sciences and engineering, represented by metrology. This overview illustrates that the concept of measurement, and that of quantitative methods, is currently being used across the board in ways that do not necessarily conform to traditional, classical definitions of measurement, pushing the boundaries of what constitutes our technical understanding of it. Moreover, what constitutes a technical understanding of measurement, and the theoretical commitments that it entails, must vary in different areas. In this context, disagreement on what is constitutive of measurement is bound to appear. Pragmatism is presented as a theoretical perspective that offers the advantage of being flexible and fallibilist, encouraging us to abandon the pursuit of a timeless and perfect definition that attempts to establish decontextualized/definitive demarcation criteria for what is truly measurement. This book will be of particular interest for psychologists and other human and social scientists, and more concretely for scholars interested in measurement and assessment in psychological and social measurement. The pragmatic perspective of measurement presents a conceptual framework for researchers to ground their assessment practices acknowledging and dealing with the challenges of social measurement.
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    Creativity and the Wandering Mind: Spontaneous and Controlled Cognition
    (Academic Press, 2020) Barnett, Paul Joseph; Kaufman, James C.; Barr, Nathaniel; Beaty, Roger; Seli, Paul; Zedelius, Claire M.; Schooler, Jonathan W.; Palmiero, Massimiliano; Villena González, Mario; Cosmelli, Diego; Prochazkova, Luisa; Hommel, Bernhard; Jay Lynn, Steven; Polizzi, Craig; Miskovic, Vladimir; Aksen, Damla; Woolley, Jacqueline D.; Bunce, Louise; Boerger, Elizabeth A.; Whitebread, David; O’Sullivan, Lisha; Russ, Sandra W.; Beghetto, Ronald A.; Schuh, Kathy L.; Dobson, Charles; Christoff, Kalina; Preiss, David D.; Colm Hogan, Patrick; Preiss Contreras, David Daniel; Cosmelli, Diego; Kaufman, James C.
    Creativity and the Wandering Mind: Spontaneous and Controlled Cognition summarizes research on the impact of mind wandering and cognitive control on creativity, including imagination, fantasy and play. Most coverage in this area has either focused on the negative consequences of mind wandering on focused problem solving or the positive effect of mindfulness, but not on the positive consequences of mind wandering. This volume bridges that gap. Research indicates that most people experience mind wandering during a large percentage of their waking time, and that it is a baseline default mode of brain function during the awake but resting state. This volume explores the different kinds of mind wandering and its positive impact on imagination, play, problem-solving, and creative production.
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    Intelligence in Context: The Cultural and Historical Foundations of Human Intelligence
    (Palgrave Macmillan Cham, 2022) Berry, John W.; Chiu, Chi-yue; Chan, Hiu-sze; Lee, Sau-lai; Tong, Jennifer Yuk-Yue; Kaufman, Alan S.; Choi, Dowon; Kapoor, Hansika; Kaufman, James C.; Gigerenzer, Gerd; Yang, Shih-ying; Chang, Kimberly Y. H.; Huang, Shin-yi; Fontaine, Johnny R. J.; Poortinga, Ype H.; Yee Ng, Kok; Ang, Soon; Rockstuhl, Tomas; Tan, Mei; Grigorenko, Elena L.; Furnham, Adrián; Hambrick, David Z.; Bian, Lin; Suzuki, Lisa; Caso, Taymy Josefa; Yucel, Aysegul; Ceci, Stephen J.; Williams, Wendy M.; Preiss, David D.; Sternberg, Robert J.; Sternberg, Robert J.; Preiss Contreras, David Daniel
    This book reflects on the various ways in which intelligence can manifest itself in the wide range of diverse contexts in which people live. Intelligence is often viewed as being tantamount to a score or set of scores on a decontextualized standardized intelligence test. But intelligence always acts within a sociocultural context. Indeed, early theorists defined intelligence in terms of adaptation to the environment in which one lives. The tradition of decontextualization is old, dating back to the very beginning of the 20th century with the development of the Binet-Simon Intelligence Scales. This tradition is not only old, however, but obsolete. Because people live in different sociocultural as well as physical environments, intelligence can take somewhat different forms in different places and even at different times. The chapters in this edited volume show that intelligence viewed in the abstract is a somewhat vacuous concept - it needs to be contextualized in terms of people’s physical and sociocultural surroundings.
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    Psicoterapia y Cambio. Una mirada desde la subjetividad
    (Ediciones UC, 2005) Krause Jacob, Mariane
    Como planteamiento central, el libro sostiene que el cambio psicoterapéutico es esencialmente subjetivo, vale decir, afecta la dimensión de las representaciones. Quien sigue un proceso psicoterapéutico exitoso, adquirirá una nueva mirada sobre sí­ mismo, sobre sus relaciones interpersonales y sobre los recursos propios y los de su entorno.
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    Solcín y el viaje de las emociones
    (Ministerio de Ciencias, Tecnología, Conocimiento e Innovación, 2020) Aguilar Velozo, Andrea; Miller Mujica, Carolina; Sullivan Achondo, Josefina; Vicencio Donoso, Stefanny; Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile; Aracena Álvarez, Marcela