Some Reflections on Animal Research

Reflections on animal selves.

Is self-cognizance a uniquely human attribute, or do other animals also have a sense of self? Although there is considerable interest in this question, answers remain elusive. Progress has been stymied by misunderstandings in terminology, a focus on a narrow range of species, and controversies over key concepts, experimental paradigms and interpretations of data. Here, we propose a new conceptu...

Heterocycles and Health : Some Research Reflections

Some methodological reflections on the difficulties of psychoanalytic research.

AUTHOR’S NOTE: Revised and expanded version of a paper read at a joint session of the Division of Experimental Psychology and the Society for Projective Techniques, seventy-fourth annual convention of the American Psychological Association at New York City, September 6, 1966 (see American Psychologist, 21 (1966), 701). The present version is appearing as part of a symposium in Psychological Iss...

Teaching qualitative research methods: Some innovations and reflections on practice

This paper considers some of the problems inherent in teaching qualitative research methods within psychology. It stresses the use of a reflective approach to course design that aims to ‘emancipate’ students in their own study and research, as well as equipping them with a combination of practical and theoretical skills. In addition to a brief description of the course, I describe some innovati...

Some Reflections on Meditation Research and Consciousness Studies