11. The Intellectual Consequences of Federal Support for the Social Sciences

Author(s):  
Alex Inkeles
Science ◽  
1980 ◽  
Vol 207 (4433) ◽  
pp. 829-829
Author(s):  
R. C. ATKINSON

1982 ◽  
Vol 51 (3_suppl) ◽  
pp. 1195-1204 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Michael Brown ◽  
Norma L. Brown

This article critically examines recent claims that contemporary psychology in America can be characterized as biased in the directions of behaviorism, environmentalism, and left-wing ideology. These allegations of bias are based upon a survey of introductory psychology textbooks conducted by Robert Hogan and David Schroeder. We recognize the importance of monitoring one's own discipline, and the vehicles that introduce the discipline to students. However, it is our contention that critiques such as Hogan and Schroeder's ought to be examined closely, especially during these times of waning federal support for the social sciences and social programs. Psychologists can ill afford to allow their discipline and profession to be placed in further political jeopardy needlessly. Analysis of the Hogan-Schroeder survey, and results from a survey of our own, seriously question the generality of Hogan and Schroeder's claims of bias in psychology.


Methodology ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 19-30 ◽  
Author(s):  
Knut Petzold ◽  
Tobias Wolbring

Abstract. Factorial survey experiments are increasingly used in the social sciences to investigate behavioral intentions. The measurement of self-reported behavioral intentions with factorial survey experiments frequently assumes that the determinants of intended behavior affect actual behavior in a similar way. We critically investigate this fundamental assumption using the misdirected email technique. Student participants of a survey were randomly assigned to a field experiment or a survey experiment. The email informs the recipient about the reception of a scholarship with varying stakes (full-time vs. book) and recipient’s names (German vs. Arabic). In the survey experiment, respondents saw an image of the same email. This validation design ensured a high level of correspondence between units, settings, and treatments across both studies. Results reveal that while the frequencies of self-reported intentions and actual behavior deviate, treatments show similar relative effects. Hence, although further research on this topic is needed, this study suggests that determinants of behavior might be inferred from behavioral intentions measured with survey experiments.


1984 ◽  
Vol 29 (9) ◽  
pp. 717-718
Author(s):  
Georgia Warnke
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