scholarly journals Integrating Etic and Emic Approaches in Psychological Research

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Inna Reddy Edara
Keyword(s):  
Psychological Research ◽  
Local Context ◽  
Psychology Research

Amid an ever-expanding embrace of globalization,there is also a growing emphasis on understanding humanpsychology in a specific local context. Moberg cautionedthat any attempts to ignore particularities while favoringglobalization or universalim in psychology might notonly be unrealistic but probably dangerous [1]. To conductrealistic psychology research, it is necessary to integrateboth etic and emic approaches. The etic approach refersto global and universal aspects, while the emic approachrefers to subjective and contextualized aspects of humanpsychological functioning [2].

Transcending the Iatrogenic Approach to Treating Mentally Retarded and Learning Disabled Persons

1981 ◽  
Vol 49 (1) ◽  
pp. 47-54 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert F. Morgan ◽  
Stanley K. Fevens
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
United States Of America ◽  
Mentally Retarded ◽  
Learning Disabled ◽  
The United States ◽  
Psychological Research ◽  
Disabled Persons ◽  
Local Context ◽  
Normal Functioning ◽  
Mentally Impaired

Selected milestone and local programs from Canada and the United States of America are reviewed to illustrate the need to transcend the iatrogenic or socially harmful pseudo-scientific defeatism which often blocks meaningful investment by a community in efforts designed to return mentally impaired persons to normal functioning. The matetial presented attempts to bridge the gap between the specialized literature of psychological research and the very practical interpretations demanded of community psychologists in the field. Local context evaluations and replications are encouraged.

On the subject of educational psychology research

2019 ◽  
Vol 58 (16) ◽  
pp. 17-26
Author(s):  
Janusz Trempała
Keyword(s):  
Subject Matter ◽  
Educational Psychology ◽  
Psychological Theory ◽  
Psychological Research ◽  
Research Subject ◽  
Psychology Research ◽  
Theory Of Education ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Area Of Application

Despite more than a century of history of psychological research on education, we are unable to clearly define the subject and specific tasks and goals of educational psychology as a separate subdiscipline. There is also the lack of one, general and comprehensive psychological theory of education, describing and explaining in a satisfactory way the complexity of educational phenomena. The presented considerations leads to the statement that educational psychology is an area of application rather than a unique category of research subject matter.

Research in the Critical Care Environment

2021 ◽  
pp. 345-372
Author(s):  
Dorothy Wade ◽  
Deborah Smyth ◽  
David C. J. Howell
Keyword(s):  
Critical Care ◽  
Recovery Period ◽  
Psychological Impact ◽  
Psychological Research ◽  
Psychology Research ◽  
Patient Centered ◽  
Care Environment ◽  
The Past ◽  
Research Areas ◽  
Hospital Rehabilitation

Research into the psychological impact of critical care has burgeoned over the past 20 years. This chapter outlines the major areas of psychological and rehabilitation research being conducted in critical care, as well as the gaps that remain to be filled. The authors review research areas corresponding to the early acute critical care phase, the in-hospital rehabilitation phase, and the post-hospital recovery period. The focus is on patient-centered research. The authors also review how clinicians can set themselves up to conduct psychological research, what kind of teams they need to assemble, and the challenges they could face working in critical care environments. The authors draw on their own experiences conducting linked, critical care psychology research studies, and compare this to methods used by other researchers.

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.

scholarly journals Integrating Quantitative and Qualitative Approaches in Psychology Research Methods Teaching: The Example of a Classroom Debate

2005 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 90-94 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sally Wiggins ◽  
Sarah Forrest
Keyword(s):  
Research Methods ◽  
Psychological Research ◽  
Learning Activity ◽  
Psychology Research ◽  
Qualitative And Quantitative ◽  
Qualitative Approaches ◽  
Relative Success ◽  
Methodological Approaches ◽  
Student Centred Learning

Research methods teaching in psychology is predominantly divided into quantitative and qualitative modules, often with an emphasis on the former. In this article we argue that by explicitly addressing the integration of methodological approaches we may help to improve students' understanding of psychological research methods overall. The example of a final year module is provided, outlining the use of a student-led classroom debate on the compatibility of qualitative and quantitative methodologies in psychology. This type of learning activity was introduced to encourage a deeper understanding of the module content and to move toward student-centred learning. It is concluded that the relative success of the debate depended largely on the size of the class and the willingness of the students to partake in a non-assessed, planned activity. Suggestions are provided for how the debate could have been better managed, alongside alternative ways in which the whole module may be redesigned.

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.

scholarly journals Review on the Revolution of Psychology Research in the Age of Big Data

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Guoxing Han
Keyword(s):  
Big Data ◽  
Research Methods ◽  
Technological Development ◽  
Current Psychological Research ◽  
Psychological Research ◽  
Psychology Research ◽  
Science System ◽  
Practical Applications ◽  
Modern Information Technology ◽  
The Impact

As a concept that came into being with the information age, big data hasreceived common attention from all walks of life in recent years, includingpsychology. The text introduces the concept of big data and its technical tools from a technical point of view, summarizes the research logic and research methods of traditional psychology, and introduces the big data problems in psychology research and some related practical applications. It summarizes the impact of big data on the research logic and research methods of psychology. The emergence of big data is an inevitable outcome of technological development. Psychology, as a subject of externalperformance data, should seize this opportunity. For many aspects of current psychological research, big data technology can directly improve efficiency and enhance validity. At the same time, if researchers start from the goal of psychological research and make full use of modern information technology, combining big data with psychology and psychology research paradigms. It is expected to expand the field and ideas of psychological research and promote the further development of the psychological science system.

scholarly journals Optimizing the Scientific Study of Suicide with Open and Transparent Research Practices

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas Carpenter ◽  
Keyne C. Law
Keyword(s):  
Open Access ◽  
Psychological Research ◽  
Open Science ◽  
Scientific Study ◽  
Psychology Research ◽  
Science Practices ◽  
Replication Studies ◽  
Large Samples ◽  
Science Community ◽  
Standard Practices

Suicide research is vitally important, yet—like psychology research more broadly—faces methodological challenges. In recent years, researchers have raised concerns about standard practices in psychological research, concerns that apply to suicide research and raise questions about its robustness and validity. In the present paper, we review these concerns and the corresponding solutions put forth by the ‘open science’ community. These include using open science platforms, pre-registering studies, ensuring reproducible analyses, using high-powered studies, ensuring open access to research materials and products, and conducting replication studies. We build upon existing guides, address specific obstacles faced by suicide researchers, and offer a clear set of recommended practices for suicide researchers. In particular, we consider challenges that suicide researchers may face in seeking to adopt ‘open science’ practices (e.g., prioritizing large samples) and suggest possible strategies that the field may use in order to ensure robust and transparent research, despite these challenges.

Music in performance arts

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Annabel J. Cohen
Keyword(s):  
Film Music ◽  
Psychological Research ◽  
Psychology Research ◽  
Moving Image ◽  
Music Psychology ◽  
Film And Television ◽  
The Arts ◽  
Performance Arts ◽  
Psychology Of Music

This article considers the psychology of music in the contexts of performance arts, in particular the arts of the moving image, drama, and dance. Research in the psychology of music far exceeds psychological research in any of the other arts. Within music psychology, research on the role of music in film and television constitutes a small but vibrant subdomain. The growing research on the psychology of film music reveals that the role of music in the context of other performance arts is amenable to psychological investigation. Similar progress can be envisioned for a psychology of music in theatre and dance, where foundations are fortunately beginning to emerge.

Culture, Psychology, and Social Justice: Toward a More Critical Psychology of Asians and Asian Americans

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sumie Okazaki
Keyword(s):  
Social Justice ◽  
Asian Americans ◽  
Cultural Psychology ◽  
Explanatory Variable ◽  
Empirical Work ◽  
Psychological Research ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Psychology Research ◽  
Situational Variables ◽  
American Psychology

Asian Americans and Asians, particularly from East Asian nations, have been central subjects of various cultural psychology and cross-cultural psychology research. Theoretical and empirical work with Asians and Asian Americans have made significant contributions toward moderating the cultural ethnocentrism of American psychology and legitimizing culture as an important consideration in psychology. However, persistent efforts to identify “cultural differences” that rely heavily on the theory of Individualism-Collectivism as an explanatory variable and equating ethnicity and nationality with “culture” have had an inadvertent effect of homogenizing Asians and Asian Americans to the exclusion of important within-group variations and contextual and situational variables. I propose a research agenda for cultural psychological research that would promote goals of social justice for diverse populations.

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