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James Good's Outputs (32)

Introduction to Quiddity College (2024)
Journal Article
Good, J., & Wolf, A. (2024). Introduction to Quiddity College. Operant Subjectivity, 44(1), 47-49. https://doi.org/10.22488/okstate.22.100503

The aim of this brief Introduction is to situate this unpublished manuscript in relation to Stephenson’s published writings on Q methodology and, more broadly, to his attempt to develop a science of subjectivity. The Introduction draws attention to h... Read More about Introduction to Quiddity College.

Social Psychology: Exemplary Interdiscipline or Subdiscipline (2022)
Book Chapter
Good, J. M. M. (2022). Social Psychology: Exemplary Interdiscipline or Subdiscipline. In D. McCallum (Ed.), The Palgrave Handbook of the History of Human Sciences (1005-1034). Springer Nature. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-7255-2_78

This chapter explores the history and disciplinary status of twentieth-century social psychology. In keeping with the theoretical commitments of this Handbook, the analysis is framed within a history of the human sciences perspective grounded in the... Read More about Social Psychology: Exemplary Interdiscipline or Subdiscipline.

Q Methodology, William Stephenson and postdisciplinarity (2019)
Book Chapter
Gauzente, C., & Good, J. (2020). Q Methodology, William Stephenson and postdisciplinarity. In T. Pernecky (Ed.), Postdisciplinary Knowledge (165-182). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429058561-10

Q methodology was developed in 1935 by William Stephenson, a British physicist/psychologist, who in our view exemplifies several aspects of postdisciplinarity in his cursus. This methodology is specifically directed at the objective study of human su... Read More about Q Methodology, William Stephenson and postdisciplinarity.

A Q-methodology study of parental understandings of infant immunisation: Implications for health-care advice (2013)
Journal Article
Harvey, H., Good, J., Mason, J., & Reissland, N. (2015). A Q-methodology study of parental understandings of infant immunisation: Implications for health-care advice. Journal of Health Psychology, 20(11), 1451-1462. https://doi.org/10.1177/1359105313513622

This study used Q-methodology to explore systematically parental judgements about infant immunisation. A total of 45 parents completed a 31-statement Q-sort. Data were collected after vaccination in general practitioner practices or a private day nur... Read More about A Q-methodology study of parental understandings of infant immunisation: Implications for health-care advice.

Q Methodology. (2010)
Book Chapter
Brown, S., & Good, J. (2010). Q Methodology. In N. Salkind (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Research Design. SAGE Publications

Introduction to William Stephenson's Quest for a Science of Subjectivity (2010)
Journal Article
Good, J. (2010). Introduction to William Stephenson's Quest for a Science of Subjectivity. Psychoanalysis and History, 12(2), 211-243. https://doi.org/10.3366/pah.2010.0006

In this introduction to the life and work of William Stephenson my aim is to provide a general overview of the development of his thinking and, more specifically, to highlight the importance he attached to the study of single cases. I also attempt to... Read More about Introduction to William Stephenson's Quest for a Science of Subjectivity.

Q-cgi: new techniques to assess variation in perception applied to facial attractiveness (2007)
Journal Article
Burt, D., Kentridge, R., Good, J., Perrett, D., Tiddeman, B., & Boothroyd, L. (2007). Q-cgi: new techniques to assess variation in perception applied to facial attractiveness. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 274(1627), 2779-2784. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2007.1037

We present novel methods for assessing variation in the perception of subjective cues based on a fusion of Q-methodology with computer graphics techniques. Participants first Q-sort face stimuli based upon a subjective quality; a randomization-based... Read More about Q-cgi: new techniques to assess variation in perception applied to facial attractiveness.

The affordances for social psychology of the ecological approach to social knowing. (2007)
Journal Article
Good, J. (2007). The affordances for social psychology of the ecological approach to social knowing. Theory and Psychology, 17(2), 265-295. https://doi.org/10.1177/0959354307075046

This paper examines the engagement of theory with mainstream social psychology in terms of developments in social cognition and perception. The particular focus is the development and reception of the `ecological' or `mutualist' approach to social pe... Read More about The affordances for social psychology of the ecological approach to social knowing..