Questioning interdisciplinarity: history, social psychology and the theory of social representations

2014 ◽  
pp. 109-126 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ivana Marková
Keyword(s):  
Social Psychology ◽  
Social Representations ◽  
Theory Of Social Representations

Serge Moscovici’s work

2021 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Social Psychology ◽  
European Association ◽  
Social Representations ◽  
International Workshop ◽  
Minority Influence ◽  
Societal Issues ◽  
The Third ◽  
Recent Developments ◽  
Theory Of Social Representations

We organized recently an international workshop in Greece, to confront our ideas about two major theories of Serge Moscovici. The theory of social representations (1961) and the theory of minority influence (1976). It was a question of tracing the perspectives of the legacy he had left us. This book is the collective trace of this work. It is organized in three parts. The first part deals with the epistemic and theoretical questions raised by Serge Moscovici’s work. It begins with a historical reminder of his contribution to the formation of the European Association of Social Psychology. The second part of the book presents recent developments in the theory of minority influence. The actual and potential developments of this theory is discussed. The third part is devoted to the theory of social representations. The topics discussed show that this theory has become a reference theory in social sciences for the analysis of societal issues. One could see in this book a form of homage to the work of Serge Moscovici. But it should above all be seen as a tribute to the liveliness and relevance of the theories he has bequeathed to us.

scholarly journals Indicadores psicossociais: um olhar ampliado para processos educativos

2017 ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Sandra Lúcia Ferreira ◽  
Anamérica Prado Marcondes ◽  
Adelina Novaes
Keyword(s):  
Social Psychology ◽  
Social Representations ◽  
Educational Evaluation ◽  
Social Conditions ◽  
Educational Context ◽  
Education Evaluation ◽  
Epistemic Attitude ◽  
Palabras Clave ◽  
Theory Of Social Representations

<p>Questões voltadas para o encadeamento de relações em que a pertinência dos indicadores ganha sentido e legitimação – tais como as condições sociais de produção, difusão, reprodução e transformação – foram abordadas com vistas a introduzir uma discussão teórico -metodológica que abarque a construção de indicadores psicossociais. Ao adotar a teoria das representações sociais, o estudo identificou que sua fecundidade para o desenvolvimento de avaliações educacionais ainda é insuficientemente explorada, apesar de o fenômeno das representações sociais conter o ato de avaliar. Nesse sentido, a proposição de adoção de um paradigma psicossocial para a elaboração de indicadores avaliativos no âmbito educacional foi entendida a partir de um novo ethos, bem como de uma renovada postura epistêmica, sem desconsiderar o rigor e a seriedade indispensáveis às pesquisas avaliativas.</p><p><strong>Palavras-chave:</strong> Indicadores Psicossociais; Avaliação da Educação; Representações Sociais; Psicologia Social.</p><p> </p><p><strong><em>Indicadores psicosociales: una mirada ampliada a los procesos educativos</em></strong></p><p><strong><em>Resúmen:</em></strong></p><p><em>Cuestiones relacionadas con el encadenamiento de relaciones en que la pertinencia de los indicadores gana sentido y legitimación – como las condiciones sociales de producción, difusión, reproducción y transformación – fueron abordadas con miras a introducir una discusión teórico-metodológica a fin de abarcar la construcción de indicadores psicosociales. Al adoptar la teoría de las representaciones sociales, el estudio identificó que su fecundidad para el desarrollo de evaluaciones educacionales todavía es insuficientemente explotada, a pesar de que el fenómeno de las representaciones sociales contenga el acto de evaluar. En este sentido, la proposición de adopción de un paradigma psicosocial para elaborar los indicadores evaluativos en el ámbito educacional fue entendida desde un nuevo ethos, así como la adopción de una postura epistémica, sin desconsiderar el rigor y la seriedad indispensables a las investigaciones evaluativas.</em></p><p><strong><em>Palabras Clave:</em></strong><em> Indicadores Psicosociales; Evaluación de la Educación; Representaciones Sociales; Psicología Social.</em></p><p><em><br /></em></p><p><strong><em>Psychosocial indicators: a wide view of evaluation processes</em></strong></p><p><strong><em>Abstract:</em></strong></p><p><em>Questions associated with the binding of relations, in which the pertinence of indicators gain meaning and legitimization such as social conditions of production, promotion, reproduction and transformation, were raised in order to present a theoretic-methodological discussion about the construction of psychosocial indicators. Adopting the theory of social representations, the study identified that its contribution to the development of educational evaluation is insufficiently explored, even if the phenomenon of social representations is suitable to assess it. In this respect, the proposal to adopt a psychosocial paradigm with the aim of elaborating evaluation indicators in the educational context was understood from a new ethos, as well as from a renewed epistemic attitude, without ignoring the necessary rigor and seriousness for the studies.</em></p><p><strong><em>Keywords:</em></strong><em> Psychosocial Indicators; Education Evaluation; Social Representations; Social Psychology.</em></p>

scholarly journals On Serge Moscovici’s 95th anniversary: The theory of social representations - history, postulates and dissemination

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (3) ◽  
pp. 542-553 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pascal Moliner ◽  
Inna B. Bovina
Keyword(s):  
Social Psychology ◽  
Social Representations ◽  
The World ◽  
New Ideas ◽  
Theory Of Social Representations

The theory of social representations is one of the major theories in social psychology with the thousands of scientific articles that has been published since its birth. In this article we return to the reasons for this success. First, it can be explained by the relative flexibility of the initial postulates of this theory. This flexibility has allowed researchers who are sometimes far removed from psychology to adapt it to their own problems. But the success of the theory of social representations can also be explained by the action taken by Serge Moscovici throughout his career to spread his theory throughout the world. Finally, Serge Moscovici never ceased to suggest new ideas about social representations and many of his suggestions remain untapped to this day. They constitute a real reservoir for researchers of tomorrow.

scholarly journals SOCIAL REPRESENTATIONS: Moçambican ethnicities

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. a7en
Author(s):  
Antonio Francisco Sefane ◽  
Joseneide dos Santos Gomes
Keyword(s):  
Social Psychology ◽  
Ethnic Groups ◽  
Social Representations ◽  
Cultural Representations ◽  
Beliefs And Values ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Theory Of Social Representations

This article aims to bring a reflection on the theory of Social Representations from the perspective of Social Psychology. From the bibliographic review, an analogy is made between the theories of social representations, to a concrete society, in this case, the Mozambican society. Social representations have been a topic widely discussed by several and categorized authors, many of them addressing the relationship between cognition-knowledge, individual and society. For this purpose, three Mozambican ethnicities were analyzed, namely, Macuas-Lomués, Ndaus and Tsongas, in which, based on the bibliographic verification of their cultures, beliefs and values, a real analogy can be drawn between the theories on social and cultural representations. the behaviors of these ethnic groups, which make clear the different social representations in the different regions that form the country called Mozambique.The basis of the research was the bibliographic review, both to address the theoretical supports, as well as to address the Mozambican reality.

scholarly journals Comparative study on the social representations of cancer and breast cancer

2021 ◽  
Vol 31 (Supplement_2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Margarida Pocinho ◽  
Fatima Matos ◽  
Ana Amaral
Keyword(s):  
Breast Cancer ◽  
Social Representations ◽  
Descriptive Study ◽  
Breast Cancer Treatment ◽  
Social Representation ◽  
Central Core ◽  
Central Nucleus ◽  
The Social ◽  
Symbolic Universe ◽  
Theory Of Social Representations

Abstract Background The symbolic universe of cancer is associated with death, but its treatment has undergone innumerable innovations, which may lead to a new meaning for social representations. The theory of social representations seeks the new, which changes in the knowledge of common sense (Guareschi & Jovchelovitch, 1994). Thus, the objective of this work is to identify the social representations of cancer and breast cancer, identifying their changes and their meanings based on the central nucleus and the peripheral system. Methods Qualitative and descriptive study, based on the structural approach of the theory of social representations. The sample was non-probabilistic and due to accessibility. The collection instrument was a Word Evocation Test with two inducing words, ‘cancer’ and ‘breast cancer’. The subjects were asked to mention three words that came to their mind immediately and spontaneously. The SPSS and IRAMUTEQ software were used. Results 753 subjects participated and 2316 words were evoked for each inducing word. In the central core of cancer the words pain, illness, death, suffering. Central core of breast cancer: treatment, pain, feeling, woman, strength. Conclusions The social representation of cancer is still strongly death, while in breast cancer it is the treatment. Suffering and pain are part of the central core of the two words and continue to characterize the disease, but in breast cancer the word strength appears. It is concluded that the social representation of breast cancer is being reframed.

scholarly journals The Jihadi Current and the Lay Thinking: A “Re-Anchorage” Process Hypothesis

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 363-374
Author(s):  
Dorra Ben Alaya
Keyword(s):  
Common Sense ◽  
Social Representations ◽  
Al Qaeda ◽  
Islamic State ◽  
The Social ◽  
Islamist Terrorism ◽  
Familiar Objects ◽  
Theory Of Social Representations

The Jihadi-salafist doctrine which is at the Islamist terrorism origin that affects several countries since the emergence of Al Qaeda in the late 80's, gave birth to the Islamic State of Iraq and Sham/Levant (ISIS/ISIL) established as a Caliphate in 2014. Despite the ISIS official military defeat in 2019, the Jihadi-Salafist current - whose history goes back a long way, is currently behind a number of attacks whether collective or individual, claimed by known organizations or committed in isolation. In our perspective, we try to apprehend the attraction power of the Jihadi narrative issue taking the Theory of Social Representations as a paradigmatic framework. This implies that we dont consider the Jihadi current membership as the manifestation of a deviation from normality or optimal rationality, but as the expression of a certain common sense resonance. More precisely, and taking the case of the Tunisian context, the success of the Jihadi narrative is explained by its effectiveness as an interpretive grid and as a guide for action, making it possible to re-anchor a reality lacking in meaning. This hypothesis of a re-anchoring implies that anchoring as described by Moscovici as one of the two processes at the origin of the social representations formation (with the objectification process), could be not only as a familiarization of the strange by inserting it in an already known pre-existing frame, but by substituting to the frame itself, a new one, in order to be able to insert familiar objects which would have lost their sense precisely because of the old frame itself. This hypothesis could offer a theoretical and heuristic perspective allowing the anchoring process to be conceived as a circular and non-definitive process.

scholarly journals The theory of social representations and quality of life\hiv\aids: Integrative literature review

2016 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 3609
Author(s):  
Rodrigo Leite Hipolito ◽  
Denize Cristina de Oliveira ◽  
Antonio Marcos Tosoli Gomes ◽  
Tadeu Lessa Da Costa
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
Social Representations ◽  
Hiv Aids ◽  
Theory Of Social Representations

scholarly journals Social representations and information security of children and adolescents: the point of view of teachers (Part 1)

2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-12 ◽  
Author(s):  
I.B. Bovina ◽  
N.V. Dvoryanchikov ◽  
S.Yu. Gayamova ◽  
A.V. Milekhin ◽  
S.V. Budykin
Keyword(s):  
Information Security ◽  
Children And Adolescents ◽  
Mobile Phones ◽  
Mechanism Of Action ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Social Representations ◽  
Focus Of Attention ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Theory Of Social Representations

The focus of attention of the authors is the consideration of information security of children and adolescents as the object of social representations. Discusses the need for the theory of social representations to develop prophylactic and preventive programs in the field of information security of children and adolescents, in particular, says that the effectiveness of prevention and preventive programs is determined by how this information is understood by the target group, through what filters it passes. Briefly outlines the main provisions of the theory of social representations, discusses the functions of social representations, the mechanism of action ideas. Analyzed in a few studies, the focus of which was the presentation on new technologies, particularly mobile phones and the Internet. Presents the results of a series of studies devoted to the study of information security of children and adolescents, including the results of the first part of a research project dedicated to the analysis of how parents and teachers understand information security and what strategies to protect children and adolescents from dangerous information they are ready to use.

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