Abstract
Mythic images, realism and the shaping of psychological science
Highlights
Professor David Maree takes us on a fascinating journey into realism and psychological science, beginning with the argument that, since the early 20th century, a narrow conceptualisation of science has been applied to discussions of psychology – a conceptualisation which, as Maree puts it, ‘does not do justice to either psychology or science’
Disagreement about the relationship between science and psychology has spurred the development of many subfields of psychology that have questioned, to varying degrees, the extent of the relationship including whether psychology should be considered a science at all
With an interest in how we teach research methods in psychology, I am often struck by how superficially we cover the philosophical underpinnings of psychological research
Summary
Professor David Maree takes us on a fascinating journey into realism and psychological science, beginning with the argument that, since the early 20th century, a narrow conceptualisation of science has been applied to discussions of psychology – a conceptualisation which, as Maree puts it, ‘does not do justice to either psychology or science’. Realism and the shaping of psychological science. Professor Maree introduces how the ‘mythic image of science’ in psychology has influenced three central features of contemporary psychology, namely, methodology (quantitative versus qualitative methods), application (scientist–practitioner split) and metatheoretical opposition (constructionism and positivism).
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