Narratives: The Focus of 21st Century Psychology

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by  T. L. Brink, Victoria Karalun

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Contents

Preface ........................................................................................... ix
Chapter 1 To Each Our Own Narrative ............................................ 1
You Meet the Most Interesting People at ... ........................ 1
The Narrating Species ......................................................... 3
Facts and Inferences ............................................................ 7
All Narratives Are Not Equal ............................................ 10
Chapter 2 Values: What Really Matters? ....................................... 13
Dead-End Narrative: Nihilism ........................................... 13
Utilitarian Relevance ......................................................... 17
Ultimate Relevance ........................................................... 21
Ulterior Relevance ............................................................. 25
Emotion ............................................................................. 35
Art .................................................................................... 37
Chapter 3 Religion as the Primal Narrative .................................... 41
What It Is; What It Isn’t ..................................................... 41
Ethics: The Most Social Component of Religion .............. 49
Free Will as a Moral Postulate .......................................... 55
Fundamentalism as a Dead-End Narrative ........................ 59
Cults as Dead-End Narratives ............................................ 63
Radical Secularism as a Dead-End Narrative .................... 65
Religion’s Future ............................................................... 68
Chapter 4 The Thinking Species: How Logic
Shapes the Narrative ....................................................... 71
Deductive Logic: The “if/then” of Conditionals ................ 72
Dead-End Narrative: Logical Fallacies #1 ........................ 73
Deductive Logic: Categorical Syllogisms ......................... 75
Dead-End Narrative: Logical Fallacies #2 ........................ 76
vi Contents
Dead-End Narrative: Prejudice toward Others .................. 77
Dead-End Narrative: Fragility
of Group Identification ............................................... 78
Inductive Logic: The Method of Science .......................... 81
Dead-End Narrative: Confirmation Bias ........................... 84
Dead-End Narrative : Ad Hoc Explanations...................... 85
Dead-End Narrative: Post Hoc Fallacies ........................... 86
Dead-End Narrative: Determinism .................................... 89
Chapter 5 Psychology: How It Became the Study
of Narratives and Willpower .......................................... 93
21st Century Psychology:
The Cognitive Revolution ......................................... 102
21st Century Psychology:
Testing Is as Testing Does ........................................ 109
Chapter 6 Narrative across the Lifespan ....................................... 115
Memory: Linking with the Past ....................................... 116
Stage Theories: Dead-End Narratives? ............................ 125
Chapter 7 Overlapping Roles: Template for Adult Life .............. 135
Child: The Initial and Most Enduring Role ..................... 135
When Roles Become Dysfunctional ................................ 137
Careers: Finding Flow & Utilitarian Relevance .............. 142
Consumer: You Are What You Purchase ........................ 153
Relationships: Finding and Keeping Significant
Others ........................................................................ 156
Parenting: How Not to Create Dead-End Narratives
in Your Kids ............................................................ 163
Chapter 8 Resilience and Transformation .................................... 169
Mental Disorders ............................................................. 173
Treatment ......................................................................... 178
Family Therapy ............................................................... 184
Decisions ......................................................................... 185
References ......................................................................................... 187
About the Authors .................................................................................... 191
Contents vii
Name Index ......................................................................................... 193
Subject Index ......................................................................................... 195