The Use and Misuse of the Experimental Method in Social Psychology: A Critical Examination of Classical Research

ISBN-13: 9780367458164 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 216 str.

Augustine Brannigan

Opis

This book critically examines the work of a number of pioneers of social psychology, including legendary figures such as Kurt Lewin, Leon Festinger, Muzafer Sherif, Solomon Asch, Stanley Milgram and Philip Zimbardo.

Spis treści

Preface Acknowledgements 1. The Sunset on a Golden Age: Reflections on the Gap between Promise and Practice 2. Crisis and Controversy in Classical Social Psychology 3. Experiments as Theater: The Art of Scientific Demonstration in Sherif and Asch 4. Scientific Demonstration in Milgram, Zimbardo, and Rosenhan: More Evidence from the Archives 5. Bystander Research: Plumbing the Psyche of the indifferent Samaritan 6. Social Psychology Engineers Wealth and Intelligence: The Hawthorne and Pygmalion Effects 7. A Guide to the Myth of Media Effects 8. Gender and Psychology: From Feminism to Darwinism 9. The Failures of Experimental Social Psychology in the Classical Period 10. The Replication Crisis: Social Psychology in the Age of Retraction. Epilogue: Looking Forward: Scientific Life After Experiments References Index

O autorze

Augustine Brannigan is Professor Emeritus of Sociology at the University of Calgary, Canada. In his career as a professor in the Department of Sociology he taught social psychology, social theory, criminology, and criminal justice.