The Rhetoric of Psychological Research and the Problem of Unification in Psychology

Autor/in	Katzko, Michael W.
Titel	The Rhetoric of Psychological Research and the Problem of Unification in Psychology
Quelle	In: American Psychologist, 57 (2002) 4, S.262-270 (9 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0003-066X
Schlagwörter	Psychological Studies; Persuasive Discourse; Theories; Psychology; Values; Group Unity + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Persuasion; Persuasive Kommunikation; Theory; Theorie; Psychologie; Wertbegriff; Gruppenidentität
Abstract	There has been in the field of psychology a long and well-documented discontent with an apparent disorganization in its literature, most often interpreted as reflecting the absence of a unifying theory. This article examines some alternative ways in which some of the disorganization is being actively created by forms of argumentation used in reporting and discussing psychological research. One institutionalized form of argumentation used in reporting data actually generates the proliferation of theoretical terms in the literature. A second form of argumentation reifies theories into social groups, incorporating values that discourage theoretical integration. Some of the discontent arises from the incompatibility between the values latent in such social organizations and the values that motivate scientific inquiry at a personal level. (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10