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Direct linkBarrett, Bruce E. – American Psychologist, 2011
Comments on the original article "Rethinking intractable conflict: The perspective of dynamical systems," by R. R. Vallacher, P. T. Coleman, A. Nowak, and L. Bui-Wrzosinska. Vallacher et al presented an intriguing description of dynamical systems theory as applied to the understanding of intractable conflicts ranging from the intrapsychic to the…
Descriptors: Conflict, Systems Approach, Models, Social Psychology
Elms, Alan C. – American Psychologist, 2009
Jerry M. Burger's (see record 2008-19206-001) partial replication of Stanley Milgram's (1963, 1965, 1974) classic experiments on obedience to authority is considered from the viewpoint of a contributor and witness to the original obedience experiments. Although Burger's replication succeeded in terms of gaining the approval of his local…
Descriptors: Social Science Research, Personality Traits, Cooperation, Prediction
Peer reviewedCooper, Joel – American Psychologist, 1976
Discusses the question of appropriate research methodologies for social psychology research, casting "involved participation" and role enactment as contrasting methodologies, with deception used in either case where necessary. Involved participation is considered to be more flexible and more suited for the testing of hypotheses whereas role…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Experimental Psychology, Experiments, Participation
Peer reviewedForward, John; And Others – American Psychologist, 1976
A theoretical analysis and a review of the uses of role playing and deception methods indicates that role playing methods are based on a more comprehensive and inclusive conceptualization of human behavior than are deception methods, and that role playing assumptions are better able to account for the empirical findings in research on the behavior…
Descriptors: Experimental Psychology, Learning Processes, Motivation, Psychological Studies
Peer reviewedHarris, Jesse G., Jr. – American Psychologist, 1973
Discusses the original and new methods of personnel recruitment and selection utilized by the Peace Corps, stressing the need for a body of rigorous experimental studies supporting scientific procedures in this area; and reports a study of Peace Corpsmen in the South Pacific. (JM)
Descriptors: Experimental Psychology, Individual Characteristics, Personnel Evaluation, Personnel Policy
Peer reviewedKelley, Harold H. – American Psychologist, 1973
Summarizes and synthesizes several papers on attribution theory by the author: attribution theory, which concerns how people make causal explanations, has developed within social psychology primarily as a means of dealing with questions of social perception. (JM)
Descriptors: Experimental Psychology, Information Processing, Motivation, Psychological Patterns
Peer reviewedEpstein, Yakov M.; And Others – American Psychologist, 1973
Descriptors: Expectation, Experimental Psychology, Interpersonal Relationship, Laboratory Experiments
Peer reviewedAiken, Leona S.; And Others – American Psychologist, 1990
Assesses the extent to which advances in statistics, measurement, and methodology have been incorporated into doctoral training. Statistical and methodological curriculum has advanced little in 20 years; measurement has experienced a substantial decline. Training in top ranked schools differs little from that in other schools. Proposes remedies…
Descriptors: Clinical Psychology, Curriculum, Developmental Psychology, Doctoral Programs
