The Evolution of Research Methodologies in Social Psychology: A Historical Analysis

Author(s):  
William D. Crano ◽  
Andrew Lac
2021 ◽  
Vol 41 (1) ◽  
pp. 4-28
Author(s):  
Natasha Shrikant ◽  
Howard Giles ◽  
Daniel Angus

Issues of race, racism, and social justice are under-studied topics in this journal. This Prologue, and our Special Issue (S.I.) more broadly, highlights ways that language and social psychology (LSP) approaches can further our understanding of race, racism, and social justice, while suggesting more inclusive directions for their theoretical development. Acknowledging the inspiration from the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement, we begin by discussing our deeply-held personal and emotional connections to recent societal events, including police violence against innocent Black civilians and the prevalence of anti-Asian hate. What follows, then, is: a historical analysis of past JLSP publications on these issues, a proposal for more intersections between LSP and communication social justice research, and an overview of the BLM movement together with the four articles that follow. We conclude by advocating for individual and institutional practices that can create socially-just changes by LSP scholars in the academy.


Author(s):  
Kathy Absolon ◽  
Cam Willett

In this article issues around research methodology specific to Aboriginal people will be discussed. A brief historical analysis lays a foundation for the need for unique research methodologies as it pertains to Aboriginal people both as researched and researcher. Contemporary critiques by Aboriginal writers and communities will be presented in relation to the limitations and effects of Euro-western research methods. Finally, the authors will discuss issues, possibilities and responsibilities around conducting research as Aboriginal researchers.


Author(s):  
Ю.В. Ковалева

Статья является продолжением историографического и психолого-исторического анализа научных представлений о больших социальных группах в соответствии с этапами развития социальной психологии и статуса таких групп в различные исторические периоды жизни страны. Начало этого анализа представлено в публикациях (Ковалева, 2020а, 2020б), в которых была реализована первая задача исследования по определению исторических рамок развития понятия «большие социальные группы», а также дана характеристика общественно-политическим условиям и уровню гуманитарного знания для следующих из выделенных периодов: становления социально-психологического направления исследований в России (вторая половина ХIХ - начало ХХ вв.); развития социальной психологии в 1920-е и до середины 1930-х гг.; латентного этапа в становлении социальной психологии (середина 1930-х - 1950-е гг.); возрождения отечественной социальной психологии (1960-е - середина 1970-х гг.) и оформления современной отечественной социальной психологии в систему научного знания (середина 1970-х - 1980-е гг.). В настоящей работе приводится анализ событий и исследований больших социальных групп в начале современного этапа в развитии социальной психологии - в 1990-е - 2000 гг. ХХ в., которые связаны с масштабными событиями - распадом СССР и радикальной реформой экономики. Показана последовавшая за ними социальная динамика, приведены описания новых больших социальных групп. В связи с трагичностью пережитых страной событий упор в работе делается на анализ информационных влияний на общество в изучаемый период, а также коллективных чувств, переживаемых представителями больших социальных групп, и динамики системы ценностей постсоветского социума. Отмечается значительное расширение объекта социально-психологических исследований в направлении изучения больших социальных групп. The paper is a continuation of historiographic and psychological-historical analysis of scientific ideas about large social groups in accordance with the stages of development of social psychology and the status of such groups in various historical periods of the country's life. The beginning of this analysis is presented in publications (Kovaleva, 2020a, 2020b), in which the first task of the study was realized to determine the historical framework for the development of the concept of «large social groups», and also a description was given of socio-political conditions and the level of humanitarian knowledge for the following of the selected periods: the formation of the socio-psychological direction of research in Russia (second half of the XIX - beginning of the XX centuries); the development of social psychology in the 1920s and until the mid-1930s.; latent stage in the formation of social psychology (mid-1930s - 1950s); the revival of domestic social psychology (1960s - mid-1970s) and the design of modern domestic social psychology into the system of scientific knowledge (mid-1970s - 1980s). This work provides an analysis of events and studies of large social groups at the beginning of the modern stage in the development of social psychology - in the 1990-s of XX century, which are associated with large-scale events - the collapse of the USSR and the shock reform of the economy. The following social dynamics were shown, descriptions of new large social groups were given. About the tragic character of the events experienced by the country, the emphasis in the work was on the analysis of information influences on society during the study period, as well as collective feelings experienced by representatives of large social groups and the dynamics of the system of values of the post-soviet society. There was a significant expansion of the object of socio-psychological research in the direction of studying large social groups.


Author(s):  
Stephen E. Hanson

There has been a marked resurgence of interest in the study of time and temporality in the political science discipline. Scholars working within the tradition of comparative historical analysis have explored what might be termed “objective” temporal processes, tracing causal relationships that unfold slowly through long periods of time and analyzing “critical historical junctures” with enduring social effects. Meanwhile, scholars influenced by developments in behavioral economics and social psychology have devoted increasing attention to the problem of “subjective” time: how time is perceived differently by actors with varying psychological profiles and risk appetites. To date, these two literatures have developed largely in isolation from one another. Thus there has been comparatively little attention paid to the problem of explaining the origin and persistence of collective interpretations of political time. In this context, returning to the study of political ideology can help link the objective and subjective approaches to political temporality.


2019 ◽  
Vol 42 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michele Ilana Friedner

Abstract This commentary focuses on three points: the need to consider semiotic ideologies of both researchers and autistic people, questions of commensurability, and problems with “the social” as an analytical concept. It ends with a call for new research methodologies that are not deficit-based and that consider a broad range of linguistic and non-linguistic communicative practices.


2006 ◽  
Vol 37 (2) ◽  
pp. 57-57
Author(s):  
Bernad Batinic ◽  
Anja Goeritz

2002 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 265-274 ◽  
Author(s):  
Francisco Gil Rodríguez ◽  
Carlos María Alcover de la Hera

After a long period of scarce resources and a long delay in new scientific results suffered as a consequence of recent Spanish history, research concerning groups has experienced a rapid development over the last 15 years of the 20th century—the result of the late but then clear institutionalization of psychology into university structure. Although most research has been carried out at the very heart of social psychology and along the traditional lines of the field, a significant growth in the study of groups and work teams in organizational contexts can now be highlighted, coinciding with the tendency detected internationally during the last years. Beyond the normalization of group research in Spain, it is necessary to point out its excessive dependency in both theory and methodology on models and tools elaborated throughout North America and Europe. The present review closes with the proposal of creating a European formative curriculum for group psychologists in order to unify and promote research within this active and important field of psychology.


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