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The Descriptive Phenomenological Psychological Method

Amedeo Giorgi
- 01 Jan 2012 - 
- Vol. 43, Iss: 1, pp 3-12
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This paper developed a phenomenological method for researching humans in a psychological way based upon the work of Edmund Husserl and Merleau-Ponty, and described the method briefly describes the method.
Abstract
The author explains that his background was in experimental psychology but that he wanted to study the whole person and not fragmented psychological processes. He also desired a non-reductionistic method for studying humans. Fortunately he came across the work of Edmund Husserl and discovered in the latter’s thought a way of researching humans that met the criteria he was seeking. Eventually he developed a phenomenological method for researching humans in a psychological way based upon the work of Husserl and Merleau-Ponty. This article briefly describes the method.

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Phenomenology of perception.

James L. McClelland
- 08 Sep 1978 - 
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Phenomenological research methods for counseling psychology

TL;DR: In this article, counseling psychologists with qualitative research methods in psychology developed in the tradition of European phenomenology are familiarized with counseling psychology, and some of its benefits for counseling psychology are identified.
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A Dance Between the Reduction and Reflexivity: Explicating the "Phenomenological Psychological Attitude"

TL;DR: The phenomenological attitude is defined as the process of retaining a wonder and openness to the world while reflexively restraining pre-understandings, as it applies to psychological research as mentioned in this paper.
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The Phenomenological Movement and Research in the Human Sciences

TL;DR: The phenomenological method can serve as the basis for the human sciences, including nursing, when properly modified and can make the qualitative analysis of phenomena rigorous and scientific.
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The science of qualitative research.

TL;DR: The Science of Qualitative Research explores the multiple roots of qualitative research, including phenomenology, hermeneutics, and critical theory, in order to diagnose the current state of the field and recommend an alternative as mentioned in this paper.
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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors introduce the concept of the research interview as a conversation and discuss the social construction of validity of the interview report and the ethical issues in conducting research interviews.
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Phenomenological Research Methods

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Researching Lived Experience: Human Science for an Action Sensitive Pedagogy

Max van Manen
TL;DR: In this paper, the Hermeneutic Phenomenology of human science research has been studied in the context of personal experience as a starting point to understand the nature of human experience.

Educating the reflective practitioner

TL;DR: Building on the concepts of professional competence that he introduced in his classic The Reflective Practitioner, Schon offers an approach for educating professional in all areas that will prepare them to handle the complex and unpredictable problems of actual practice with confidence, skill, and care.