Theory and Psychology Volume 31 Issue 4

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Sociocultural affordances and enactment of agency: A transactional view:

Pyysiäinen, Jarkko

2021 Theory & Psychology

doi:10.1177/0959354321989431

This article argues that when attempting to extend the concept of affordances to encompass action possibilities characteristic of our sociocultural environments, a transactionally informed relational perspective—along the lines formulated by classical pragmatist thinkers (especially Dewey and...

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Moral affordance, moral expertise, and virtue:

Hampson, Peter J.; Hulsey, Timothy L.; McGarry, Phillip P.

2021 Theory & Psychology

doi:10.1177/09593543211021662

We extend “4E” cognition to moral psychology. Since acting on affordances typically requires expertise, moral expertise, or virtue, is needed to act on moral affordances and to shape moral agency. Ethical rules and codes, often selected through a process of constraint satisfaction, are also...

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Dispensing with the theory (and philosophy) of affordances

Mota, Sergio

2021 Theory & Psychology

doi:10.1177/0959354320980534

This article will contest the claim made by many ecological psychologists that affordances are invariantly the objects of perception. First of all, the lack of agreement concerning what affordances actually are, what their true nature is, is considerable. Second, the metaphysico-ontological...

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The motivational role of affect in an ecological model

Gabriel, Rami

2021 Theory & Psychology

doi:10.1177/0959354321992869

Drawing from empirical literature on ecological psychology, affective neuroscience, and philosophy of mind, this article describes a model of affect-as-motivation in the intentional bond between organism and environment. An epistemological justification for the motivating role of emotions is...

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Why the professional practice of psychology requires a personalistic account of psychological phenomena

Gaj, Nicolò

2021 Theory & Psychology

doi:10.1177/0959354321989434

Concerns about the epistemological unity of psychology may be attributed to the plurality of outlooks and methods, as well as to an ostensible gap between scientific psychology and professional practice. Such a gap threatens the identity of psychology and also hinders the adequate development of...

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Tribalism: Where George Orwell leads us and where an understanding of existential–relational positions extends us

Webb, Richard E.; Rosenbaum, Philip J.

2021 Theory & Psychology

doi:10.1177/0959354321998776

The chaos of our current times raises both concern and interest in tribalism. We look at three types of tribalism. Reflecting the thoughts of George Orwell, we discuss nationalism and patriotism. We then introduce globalism. We offer ideas about how affiliation with one type or another of these...

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The making of financial subjects: A phenomenological study of student debt:

Feige, Sarah; Yen, Jeffery

2021 Theory & Psychology

doi:10.1177/09593543211002262

While public commentators herald the arrival of the Canadian “student debt crisis,” psychological research into postsecondary student debt proliferates. This study explored the ways in which indebted students themselves understand the meanings and implications of student debt in their own lives,...

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Fearing the worst yet to come: Derrida and health anxiety

Kelly, Molly

2021 Theory & Psychology

doi:10.1177/0959354321991243

Building from the works of Jacques Derrida, this article explores health anxiety’s aporetic relationship with medicine through a deconstructive approach. I argue that attention to Derrida’s writings (and in particular, his readings of pharmakon and autoimmunity) may prove useful in explaining the...

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Was Wegner rejecting mental causality?

Marvan, Tomáš

2021 Theory & Psychology

doi:10.1177/09593543211000820

Daniel Wegner’s theory of apparent mental causation is often misread. His aim was not to question the causal effectiveness of conscious mental states, such as intentions. Rather, he attempted to show that our subjective sense of agency is not a completely reliable indicator of the causality of...

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Book Review: Disrupting received wisdom in psychoanalysis and critical theory

Bell, Chris R.

2021 Theory & Psychology

doi:10.1177/0959354320959461