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标题：Mythic images, realism and the shaping of psychological science
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作者：Brendon Barnes
期刊名称：South African Journal of Science
印刷版ISSN：0038-2353
电子版ISSN：1996-7489
出版年度：2021
卷号：117
期号：7-8
页码：1-1
DOI：10.17159/ sajs.2021/11040
语种：English
出版社：The Foundation for Research Development
摘要：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’. The relationship between ‘science’ and ‘psychology’ is one of the most debated features of contemporary psychological theory, research, and practice. For some, the alignment between psychology and science has been used to legitimise psychology alongside the ‘hard’ sciences. However, disagreement about the relationship between science and psychology has also 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.