scholarly journals Social philosophy and social psychology: dialectic of interaction

2020 ◽  
Vol 23 (5) ◽  
pp. 87-95
Author(s):  
Petro Gnatenko ◽  
Sergiy Shevtsov
Keyword(s):  
Social Psychology ◽  
Open Systems ◽  
Social Philosophy ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Classical Period ◽  
Social Psychological ◽  
Contemporary World ◽  
World Outlook ◽  
Interdisciplinary Dialogue ◽  
Psychological Knowledge

Actuality of the article’s topic based on post-non-classical processes of the becoming of contemporary scientific knowledge – stochastics, singularity, innovative, interdisciplinarity etc. The article’s aim is clarification of conceptual, historical-philosophical, methodological points of crossing of social philosophy and social psychology as two spheres of social-humanitarian knowledge. Conclusions. Showed, these two spheres are complexity researching systems, combined different – philosophical and psychological, axiological and ontological, gnoseological and world-outlook questions from the conceptual point of view. Understood, social psychology is directed on researching of two different classes – individual and overindividual phenomenon and social philosophy is directed on universal foundations of civilization existence and development of a society as a whole system through the human being and values of humanitarian priorities. In this contest, founded, social philosophy can make functions of metatheory in boundaries of a determined variant of social psychology, because of social philosophy can carry on reflective function regarding world-outlook foundations of social-psychological knowledge. Researched, from the historical-philosophical point of view on the non-classical period (from the second half of the 19th) we can observe difference of social-philosophical and social-psychological knowledge and on the post-non-classical period (from the second half of the 20th) we can see manifestations of conditions for the interdisciplinary dialogue. Understood, from the methodological point of view social philosophy and social psychology have the same ontological optics: contemporary world is open, plural, incomplete (famous K. Gödel’s principle), relative. That’s why from classical methods, based on fundamentalism and normativeness, these spheres are directed on researching of singular phenomenon, open systems, which have elements of uncertainty.

Embracing Change

2021 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Social Psychology ◽  
Social Issues ◽  
Social Representations ◽  
Common Knowledge ◽  
Methodological Approach ◽  
Social Psychological ◽  
Contemporary World ◽  
The Social ◽  
Intercultural Encounters

Rapid changes in the contemporary world are increasing pressure on the social and psychological sciences to try to understand the present and foresee possible futures. Embracing Change: Knowledge, Continuity, and Social Representations focuses on the production of shared knowledge, as interpreted from a social psychological perspective inspired by the theory of social representations that highlights the role of the “Other” in the production of social understanding. Adopting this “socio-psychological gaze” entails bringing the primacy of relationships and communication to the forefront of the knowing processes while taking social and cultural forces into account. Growing streams of research bear witness to the potential of this theoretical and methodological approach, in synergy with cognate perspectives. This volume contains a collection of contributions from leading authors on how social representations theory can help us understand change and continuity in social knowledge regarding hot topics and domains of our time, such as health concerns, environmental issues, aging in an aging society, and intercultural encounters. The state of the art is explored with reference to advances in theory, methods, and the stance of the researcher in the process of inquiry. The volume’s focus is on how change has been studied in social psychology, how common knowledge is organized in everyday life, and how scholars can study and contribute to change in knowledge patterns. Casting light on challenging social issues, this volume will be of interest to students and scholars in social psychology, sociology, and social sciences.

Social Psychology and Literary Texts: An Empirical Analysis of a Contemporary Indian Novel

2003 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 21-49 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alberta Contarello ◽  
Elena Vellico
Keyword(s):  
Social Psychology ◽  
Social Life ◽  
Social Representations ◽  
Literary Texts ◽  
Social Worlds ◽  
Social Psychological ◽  
Anita Desai ◽  
Theoretical Approaches ◽  
Dynamic Forces ◽  
Psychological Knowledge

The aim of the article is to illustrate the contribution of research with literary tests to study Self1 and social relationships. We briefly overview, first, different theoretical approaches using literature in social psychology, second, the analysis of Self and identity within the framework of social representations. This perspective considers literary texts—co-creations of their time—worth of study to test and expand social psychological knowledge. In the present research the importance of the individualism—collectivism dimension to understand social “worlds,” and of dynamic forces underlying social life is tested. After considering studies on Self and culture in the Indian context, a novel by Anita Desai—a recognized authoress, renowned in India and in the West—is analyzed. Content and correspondence analyses were performed to detect dimensions underlying the portrayed characters and relationships. The resulting structures partially support but also extend social psychological knowledge on Self and relationships.

scholarly journals Radicalisation: A Social Psychological Perspective (Part I)

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 120-142
Author(s):  
I.B. Bovina ◽  
B. G. Bovin ◽  
A.D. Tikhonova
Keyword(s):  
Point Of View ◽  
Scientific Development ◽  
Social Psychological ◽  
Psychological Mechanisms ◽  
Extreme Problem ◽  
Psychological Point ◽  
Analytical Review ◽  
Psychological Knowledge ◽  
Terrorist Acts ◽  
Social Psychological Perspective

Terrorism, being a long-standing phenomenon and a threat that has existed for at least two millennia, is still an extreme problem in the life of society. Understanding how a person comes to commit terrorist acts requires consideration of the process of radicalisation. The aim of our literature review is to analyse the process of radicalisation.Security and counter-terrorism are one of the priority areas of scientific development in Russia. This direction has different facets of analysis. From a psychological point of view, the development of measures of influence should be based on knowledge of how a person joins groups and organizations of a terrorist nature, what are the psychological mechanisms of radicalization, as well as an understanding of the laws of deradicalization. Our analytical review within the framework of social psychological knowledge has allowed us to overcome a kind of gap existing in the literature, namely, to acquaint the Russian readers with a promising explanatory model of the process of radicalisation - the uncertainty — identity theory, proposed by Hogg. This model explains why and how people join groups with extremist and radical beliefs, as well as why they prefer acts of violence, acting on behalf of these groups.

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.

Where is semiotic-cultural constructivism in psychology heading? Contemporary reflections on the trajectory of an approach to cultural psychology

2021 ◽  
pp. 1354067X2110173
Author(s):  
Danilo Silva Guimarães
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Construction ◽  
Cultural Psychology ◽  
Scientific Progress ◽  
Human Action ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Cultural Experience ◽  
Ethical Implications ◽  
Psychological Knowledge ◽  
The Relationship

This article aims to discuss the relationship between personal cultural experience and knowledge construction in psychology, from the perspective of the Semiotic-Cultural Constructivism. The thoughts here presented are, at the same time, from within psychology and about psychology. The researcher is culturally situated and science is a field of production of cultural works that aims to create perspectives of knowledge about the world. Researchers can and must create some detachment from their field of study to be able to understand the course of their own knowledge constructions. This detachment is achieved through a historical–philosophical view on the theoretical–methodological propositions of their field of research. As a case study, we selected for analysis the field’s pioneer productions, from the years 1982 to 2004. The material showed that the rationality that characterizes scientific research is directed, in this field, to creating semiotic resources for further developing reflexivity in psychology, as a recursive and open-ended process. The theoretical–methodological work of the researcher concerns its own personal cultural experience and the tradition of the already constructed knowledge, selected to a dialogue about the ethical implications of human action. Therefore, advances in psychological knowledge construction cannot be addressed from an external, allegedly neutral point of view, focused on the efficacy of the instruments resulting from the said “scientific progress.”

“If you want to understand something, try to change it”: Social-psychological interventions to cultivate resilience

2015 ◽  
Vol 38 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eddie Brummelman ◽  
Gregory M. Walton
Keyword(s):  
Social Psychology ◽  
Positive Change ◽  
Psychological Interventions ◽  
Social Psychological ◽  
Resilience Mechanisms ◽  
Exciting Development ◽  
Unique Potential

AbstractWe argue that social psychology has unique potential for advancing understanding of resilience. An exciting development that illustrates this is the emergence of social-psychological interventions – brief, stealthy, and psychologically precise interventions – that can yield broad and lasting benefits by targeting key resilience mechanisms. Such interventions provide a causal test of resilience mechanisms and bring about positive change in people's lives.

scholarly journals Cartoon movies at home: animation films and TV

Comunicar ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 16 (31) ◽  
Author(s):  
Felicidad Loscertales-Abril ◽  
Trinidad Núñez-Domínguez
Keyword(s):  
Social Psychology ◽  
Social Values ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Social Analysis ◽  
Gender Perspective ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
Behaviour Models ◽  
At Home

Movies are one of the objects of study for Social Psychology because they are not only art or industry; they are a way of socialization. Therefore, movies show behaviour models, social values and norms, and make people react: movies are persuasive. A psycho-social analysis of films is necessary because movies can sometimes display prejudiced negative contents, which could be both explicit or very subtle, and therefore quite dangerous. The authors analyse ten well-known Dis-ney films from the gender perspective: How are men and women shown? What roles do they impersonate? Specifying contents and valuing subtle prejudiced stereotypes will help families to watch them from a different point of view. El cine es objeto de estudio para la Psicología Social porque no sólo es arte o industria; es socialización. Porque muestra modelos de comportamiento, valores sociales y normas, produce reacciones: es persuasivo. Este aspecto es el que mejor justifica el análisis psicosocial. También en muchas ocasiones, el cine presenta unos contenidos con prejuicios negativos poco explícitos, muy sutiles y, por tanto, bastantes peligrosos. Analizamos diez conocidas películas Disney desde la perspectiva de género: ¿Cómo se presentan hombres y mujeres? ¿Qué roles representan? Explicitar contenidos y valorar estereotipos con prejuicios sutiles ayuda a las familias a ver con otra mirada.

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 Current Approach to the Study of Status Relations in Student Groups within the Framework of the School of Thought of the Department of Social Psychology at MSUPE

2016 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 59-71 ◽  
Author(s):  
M.Ye. Sachkova
Keyword(s):  
Social Psychology ◽  
Interpersonal Relationships ◽  
Empirical Studies ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Current Approach ◽  
Moscow Oblast ◽  
Social Psychological ◽  
Emotional Climate ◽  
Student Groups ◽  
Middle Status

The paper presents results of the verification of a new approach to the study of status relationships through the position of a middle status group member — the approach developed within the framework of A.V. Petrovsky’s theory of activity-mediated interpersonal relationships in groups and M.Yu. Kondratyev’s school of thought at the Department of Social Psychology (MSUPE). A series of empirical studies were carried out in educational organizations of various types in Moscow and Moscow oblast, with more than 1200 students participating as subjects. The paper reveals how the character of intragroup interactions, well-being and emotional climate, as well as the level of social psychological development in the group in general, are shaped by the system of relationships between the middle status students with their groupmates. The paper concludes with some considerations on the specifics of the role that the middle status student plays in his group’s activity and outlines further perspectives of the presented social psychological approach to the study of status relationships.

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