Year: 2009
Type: article
Abstract: The epistemological basis of social psychological knowledge is analysed through the study of the role given to methodology by social psychologists. A central question is whether epistemological basis would be better based on a concern for methodological sophistication -be it in search of technical rigour in information seeking, or be it in the increasing complexity of data analysis- or on a concern for the theoretical advance and integration of the discipline. The consequences of this phenomenon are discussed in the light of the alternative procedures in social psychology and in the light of the historical development of the debate over the «crisis» in the discipline. It is postulated that theory generation is the sole manner of improving shortcomings in the epistemological basis of social psychology.
Source: Quaderns de Psicologia
Author: Francisco J. Elejabarrieta
Institution: Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Language: English
Subfield: General Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W1514383824