The sixth annual meeting of Qualitative
Psychology on
"Generalization in Qualitative Psychology"
took place in Klagenfurt (Austria), October 21-23, 2005.
It was organized by Philipp Mayring,
Institute for Psychology and Center for Evaluation and Research Consulting,
University of Klagenfurt/Austria and the Center of Qualitative Psychology, University of Tübingen.
Generalization plays a similar role in science and in everyday life.
Its main goal is to enable us to come to proper decisions without requiering
a lot of energy (that is the processes of data
collection, analysis, interpretation, ...). This is especially true in case of
uncertainty or incomplete information.
However, this quite broad and unspecified assumption derived from
everyday life does not allow us to formulate how generalization can be
realized in a scientific manner. Therefore, in this meeting the participants discussed
- general considerations of generalization,
- specific approaches to generalization, and
- examples of generalizing empirical findings.
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Contributions to the Meeting |
Introduction
Development and future of the Center for Qualitative Psychology
Mechthild Kiegelmann
Part 1: General Considerations
01-1
Should we generalize? Anyway, we do it all the time in everyday life.
Leo Gürtler & Günter L. Huber
01-2
Generalisierung durch qualitative Heuristik
Thomas Burkart & Gerhard Kleining
01-3
Attempts not to over-generalize the results of metaphor analyses
Rudolf Schmitt
01-4
The identity politics of qualitative research. A discourse analytic
inter-text
Pascal Dey & Julia Nentwich
Part 2: Specific Approaches to Generalization
02-1
Integrated methodology: From self-observation to debate groups to the
design of intercultural educational materials and teacher training.
M.Concepción Dominguez & Antonio Medina Rivilla
02-2
From feedback about resources to the improvement of the curricular
design of practical training as a generalization process
Tiberio Feliz Murias & M. Carmen Ricoy Lorenzo
02-3
Competencies design as a qualitative process of generalization. Designing
the competencies of educators in the technological resources
M. Carmen Ricoy Lorenzo & Tiberio Feliz Murias
02-4
Youth welfare services and problems of borderline personality disorder
Silke Birgitta Gahleitner & Julia Markner
Part 3: Generalizing Empirical Findings
03-1
Intercultural competence for transnational co-operations between small
and medium-sized enterprises in Austria and Hungary
Inge Herfort, Andreas Weiss & Martin Mühlberger
03-2
A study of training needs of adults in the 21st-century society: An integrated
research model involving discussion groups, questionnaires, and
case studies
Lorenzo Almazán Moreno & Ana Ortiz Colón
03-3
Problems of discipline and learning in the educational system
Samuel Gento & M.Concepción Domínguez
03-4
The relation of instructional quality to students' emotions in secondary
schools - a qualitative-quantitative study
Michaela Gläser-Zikuda
The contributions to this meeting are available for download here:
> Contributions to the
meeting 2005 (pdf) /
Qualitative Psychology Nexus Vol. 05
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