Language—AND—Social Psychology: Epilogue

2020 ◽  
Vol 40 (1) ◽  
pp. 172-178
Author(s):  
Jake Harwood ◽  
Karen Tracy
Keyword(s):  
Social Psychology ◽  
Psychology Research ◽  
Psychological Processes ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Social Psychological ◽  
40Th Anniversary ◽  
Key Terms

This Epilogue discusses the papers in the Special Issue ( JLSP 40th Anniversary) in terms of the broader field of language and social psychology. It reflects on the key terms (“language” and “social psychology”) in terms of how they intersect and the relative emphasis on each in work published in JLSP. We also present an argument for increasing the consideration of context in language and social psychology research, and we distinguish between a desire to generalize versus universalize our knowledge about language and social psychological processes.

scholarly journals Educating to Tolerance: Effects of Communicating Social Psychology Research Findings

2015 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 476-483 ◽  
Author(s):  
Francesco La Barbera
Keyword(s):  
Social Psychology ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Ingroup Bias ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Psychology Research ◽  
Social Psychological ◽  
School Students ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
High Motivation ◽  
Level Of Motivation

The effect of communicating social psychology research findings on ingroup bias in a classroom setting has been investigated. Two hundred and twenty one high school students either read or did not read a brief report about three classical social psychological studies, then completed evaluation scales for the ingroup and the outgroup. Participants’ motivation was manipulated, and the messages were different as regards the congruency between the content and participants’ actual intergroup experience. Results showed that communication exerted a significant effect in reducing ingroup bias for participants in the high motivation/high congruency condition, that is, the communication effect was moderated by the individual’s level of motivation and the content of the arguments proposed in the report. Practical implications of results for education work and stereotype change, limitations of the study, as well as possible directions for future research are discussed.

scholarly journals Όψεις της σύγχρονης κοινωνικο-ψυχολογικής έρευνας: Εισαγωγή

2020 ◽  
Vol 21 (3) ◽  
pp. 233
Author(s):  
Ευθύμιος Λαμπρίδης
Keyword(s):  
Social Psychology ◽  
Theoretical Basis ◽  
Research Method ◽  
Psychological Research ◽  
Scientific Field ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Social Psychological ◽  
Scientific Debate ◽  
Social Psychological Research ◽  
Current Special Issue

The Introduction to the current special issue has two goals: First, to determine the concept and the content of the scientific field of social psychology by focusing on the scientific and the epistemological grounding of the discipline and by highlighting the continuing development of social psychological research objectives through recourse to researchareas and methods. Also, to pinpoint the contribution of Greek social psychologists in the ongoing scientific debate, both nationally and internationally. Second, to critically review the papers that appear in this special issue of Psychology, offering to the reader a summarized view of the content, theoretical basis, research method (s), findings and conclusions of each one of them. 

scholarly journals Mentioning the Sample’s Country in the Article’s Title Leads to Bias in Research Evaluation

2021 ◽  
pp. 194855062110240
Author(s):  
Rotem Kahalon ◽  
Verena Klein ◽  
Inna Ksenofontov ◽  
Johannes Ullrich ◽  
Stephen C. Wright
Keyword(s):  
Social Psychology ◽  
United States ◽  
Research Evaluation ◽  
The United States ◽  
Psychological Research ◽  
Psychology Research ◽  
Social Psychological ◽  
Article Title ◽  
Social Psychological Research ◽  
Scientific Attention

Psychology research from Western, educated, industrialized, rich, and democratic (WEIRD) countries, especially from the United States, receives more scientific attention than research from non-WEIRD countries. We investigate one structural way that this inequality might be enacted: mentioning the sample's country in the article title. Analyzing the current publication practice of four leading social psychology journals (Study 1) and conducting two experiments with U.S. American and German students (Study 2), we show that the country is more often mentioned in articles with samples from non-WEIRD countries than those with samples from WEIRD countries (especially the United States) and that this practice is associated with less scientific attention. We propose that this phenomenon represents a (perhaps unintentional) form of structural discrimination, which can lead to underrepresentation and reduced impact of social psychological research done with non-WEIRD samples. We outline possible changes in the publication process that could challenge this phenomenon.

Social Psychology and Peace

2008 ◽  
Vol 39 (1) ◽  
pp. 4-11 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Christopher Cohrs ◽  
Klaus Boehnke
Keyword(s):  
Social Psychology ◽  
Structural Violence ◽  
Psychological Research ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Social Psychological ◽  
Military Interventions ◽  
Peace Research ◽  
Social Psychological Research ◽  
Positive Peace

Abstract. This paper begins by giving an overview of why and in which ways social psychological research can be relevant to peace. Galtung's (1969) distinction between negative peace (the absence of direct violence) and positive peace (the absence of structural violence, or the presence of social justice) is crossed with a focus on factors that are detrimental (obstacles) to peace versus factors that are conducive to peace (catalysts), yielding a two-by-two classification of social psychological contributions to peace. Research falling into these four classes is cited in brief, with a particular focus on four exemplary topics: support for military interventions as an obstacle to negative peace; antiwar activism as a catalyst of negative peace; ideologies legitimizing social inequality as an obstacle to positive peace; and commitment to human rights as a catalyst of positive peace. Based on this conceptual framework, the remaining six articles of the special issue “Social Psychology and Peace” are briefly introduced.

scholarly journals Socially Engaged Social Psychology in Asia: Sustaining Research Progress in Diverse Directions

2018 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Allan B. I. Bernardo ◽  
James H. Liu
Keyword(s):  
Social Psychology ◽  
Social Change ◽  
Empirical Studies ◽  
Research Progress ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Social Psychological ◽  
Social Phenomena ◽  
The Social ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Psychological Paradigms

The final thematic special issue in the series ‘The Social Psychology of Social Change: Science and Practice in Asia’ features 10 empirical studies that apply diverse social psychological theories and approaches to understand and to address a wide range of social concerns in Asian societies. The articles in the special issue align more to mainstream social psychological approaches to studying social phenomena, and as such are mainly derivative of Western social psychological paradigms, with the exception of a couple of studies that adopt emic indigenous approaches. Nevertheless, the various studies display a clear motivation to use social psychology to engage particular societal concerns, representing incremental progress towards using social psychology in the service of social change.

scholarly journals Mentioning the Sample's Country in the Article’s Title Leads to Bias in Research Evaluation

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rotem Kahalon ◽  
Verena Klein ◽  
Inna Ksenofontov ◽  
Johannes Ullrich ◽  
Stephen C Wright
Keyword(s):  
Social Psychology ◽  
United States ◽  
Research Evaluation ◽  
The United States ◽  
Psychological Research ◽  
Psychology Research ◽  
Social Psychological ◽  
Article Title ◽  
Social Psychological Research ◽  
Scientific Attention

Psychology research from Western, educated, industrialized, rich, and democratic (WEIRD) countries, especially from the United States, receives more scientific attention than research from non-WEIRD countries. We investigate one structural way that this inequality might be enacted: mentioning the sample's country in the article title. Analyzing the current publication practice of four leading social psychology journals (Study 1) and conducting two experiments with U.S. American and German students (Study 2), we show that the country is more often mentioned in articles with samples from non-WEIRD countries than those with samples from WEIRD countries (especially the United States) and that this practice is associated with less scientific attention. We propose that this phenomenon represents a (perhaps unintentional) form of structural discrimination, which can lead to underrepresentation and reduced impact of social psychological research done with non-WEIRD samples. We outline possible changes in the publication process that could challenge this phenomenon.

A Spotlight on Contemporary Language and Social Psychology Research: Selected Proceedings From the 16th International Conference on Language and Social Psychology

2019 ◽  
Vol 38 (4) ◽  
pp. 400-408
Author(s):  
Margaret J. Pitts
Keyword(s):  
Social Psychology ◽  
Hong Kong ◽  
Psychology Research ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
International Conference ◽  
Work Student

This introduction to the special issue offers a brief report on the proceedings from the 16th International Conference on Language and Social Psychology (ICLASP16) and concludes with an invitation to participate in the upcoming ICLASP17 (Hong Kong, 2020). The nine papers selected for this special issue represent the diversity of scholarship and methodology presented at ICLASP16 (held in Edmonton, Canada, 2018). It includes student debut work, student-faculty collaborative pieces, keynote addresses, competitive papers, and an invited state-of-the-scholarship review.

A checklist to facilitate objective hypothesis testing in social psychology research

2015 ◽  
Vol 38 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anthony N. Washburn ◽  
G. Scott Morgan ◽  
Linda J. Skitka
Keyword(s):  
Social Psychology ◽  
Hypothesis Testing ◽  
Psychological Theory ◽  
Psychology Research ◽  
Social Psychological ◽  
Target Article ◽  
Diverse Area ◽  
Social Psychological Theory

AbstractSocial psychology is not a very politically diverse area of inquiry, something that could negatively affect the objectivity of social psychological theory and research, as Duarte et al. argue in the target article. This commentary offers a number of checks to help researchers uncover possible biases and identify when they are engaging in hypothesis confirmation and advocacy instead of hypothesis testing.

scholarly journals Culture meets collective action: Exciting synergies and some lessons to learn for the future

2017 ◽  
Vol 20 (3) ◽  
pp. 277-284 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martijn van Zomeren ◽  
Winnifred R. Louis
Keyword(s):  
Social Psychology ◽  
Collective Action ◽  
Cultural Psychology ◽  
Group Processes ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Social Psychological ◽  
Psychological Study ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Future ◽  
The Rich

In this introduction to the special issue of Group Processes & Intergroup Relations on “Culture and Collective Action” we emphasize the importance of the special issue topic for the development of the field. Specifically, we highlight the globalization of collective action and the internationalization of the social-psychological study of collective action, both of which point to culture as a missing link for this field. We thus propose that the next step is to move toward a proper cultural psychology of collective action—a social psychology in which culture is an integral part. This special issue provides a first step toward such a broad and integrative psychological understanding of collective action, but comes with promises as well as problems. We discuss both the exciting synergies and some lessons to learn for the future, and conclude that a focus on culture will facilitate the development of the rich and fascinating field of the social psychology of collective action.

Social Psychological Approaches to Intergroup Communication

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katharine H. Greenaway ◽  
Cindy Gallois ◽  
S. Alexander Haslam
Keyword(s):  
Social Psychology ◽  
Human Behavior ◽  
Intergroup Relations ◽  
Social Contexts ◽  
Social Connections ◽  
Psychology Research ◽  
Social Psychological ◽  
Intergroup Communication ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Impact

Communication and social psychology have much in common. Both fields seek to answer basic questions about human behavior: how do we persuade and influence others? How do we develop and maintain social connections? When and why do relationships break down? But despite overlap in the questions they ask, social psychology and communication have remained remarkably separate disciplines, with vastly different research philosophies, methods, and audiences. It is important to interrogate the theoretical threads connecting communication and social psychology in the arena of intergroup communication, in order to bring the lenses of both fields to this arena. In particular, the construct of identity is woven through communication and social psychology research, and connects both fields to intergroup relations and communication. Paradoxically, issues of identity—how it is created, shaped, and signaled by the social contexts we inhabit—are frequently overlooked in both fields; in the future, there should and will be much more emphasis on the impact of identity in intergroup communication.

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