Uwagi o przydatności porównań historycznych w psychologii społecznej

• Authors: Maciej Dymkowski

Title variants

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REMARKS ON USEFULNESS OF HISTORICAL COMPARISONS IN SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY

• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

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The usefulness of historical comparisons in social psychology is limited because, first, they are not based on experimental tests of hypotheses, and second, the historical sources used usually are not sufficiently cred- ible and present cases that are not representative for relevant historical periods (epochs). Such comparisons serve various goals, but mainly they act as a supplement to cross-cultural comparisons which help assess the universality of theories. In order to increase the usefulness of historical comparisons, it is necessary to diversify the analyzed historical contexts and, if possible, to draw cases for comparison from various, rela- tively isolated systems of phenomena.

Keywords

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CONTEXT; HISTORICAL COMPARISON; RELATIVELY ISOLATED SYSTEM; UNIVERSALITY OF THEORY

• Publisher: Polskie Stowarzyszenie Psychologii Społecznej, Warszawa, Poland
• Journal: Psychologia Społeczna
• Year: 2009
• Volume: 4
• Issue: 1-2(10)
• Pages: 78-87

Contributors

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Maciej Dymkowski

• Szkoła Wyższa Psychologii Społecznej, Wydział Zamiejscowy we Wrocławiu, ul. Grunwaldzka 98, 50-357 Wroclaw, Poland