Theoretical psychology stands in the same relation to psychology as                  theoretical physics does to physics. The traditional way to study theoretical                  psychology is to take up one approach after another--behavioral, psychoanalytic,                  cognitive, and so on. The aim of this book is not to impart a substantive knowledge                  of core psychological theories, or even to analyze critically selected theories.                  Instead, it is to prepare the reader to analyze and advance the theoretical                  literature in any tradition.A good theoretician should be able to contribute to the                  study of psychoanalytic theory as readily as to behavioral theory. The skills                  required are the same. Instead of covering a sequence of theories, therefore, the                  book is organized around types of theoretical activities. It is not a work in                  theoretical psychology; it is a book about theoretical psychology. It also confronts                  psychologists' underestimation of the variety and the significance of theoretical                  work. Many theoretical issues do not call for empirical research--they require                  nothing but thinking.

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