理论心理学的界定与厘正

Defining and Liquidating Theoretical Psychology

理论心理学是一门非经验学科。传统上 ,正是由于它的非经验性质而一直受到排斥 ,随着经验实证原则的动摇 ,理论心理学开始复兴。理论心理学的研究范围包括元理论和实体理论。元理论是心理学学科性质的高度理论概括 ,实体理论则是研究一些特殊的和具体的心理现象或问题。元理论的探讨主要依赖于抽象思辩的方法 ,实体理论的探讨则更多地依赖逻辑推理和数学演绎的方法。理论心理学的作用是 :1.具有提出假设或作出预测 ,为实验心理学提供研究课题的功能 ;2.具有判断和鉴别概念、命题、理论真伪的功能 ;3.具有抽象和综合功能。对于心理学这样一个破碎和分裂的学科来说 。

As a non-experiential discipline, theoretical psychology was constantly repulsed due to its non-experientiality, but began to revive with the declining of empirical principles. The study of the theoretical psychology covers meta-theories and entity theory, with the former meant to sum up the nature of all psychological branches and the latter to deal with certain concrete and special psychological problems. The study of meta-theories, therefore, draws on abstract arguing and that of entity theories on logical reasoning and mathematical deducing. The functions of theoretical psychology are (1) forming hypotheses and making predictions for the research focus of experiential psychology; (2) judging and recognizing concepts, propositions and truth and falsity of theories; (3) abstracting and synthesizing. With regard to psychology, a fragmented and divided discipline, the probing of the overall theoretical frame-work should precede the empirical one.