Jeśli działa, nie naprawiaj – glosa do tekstu „O uniwersalności teorii psychologii społecznej” Macieja Dymkowskiego

• Authors: Adrian Wójcik

Title variants

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IF IT'S NOT BROKEN, DON'T FIX IT – RESPONSE TO THE ARTICLE „ON THE UNIVERSALITY OF THEORIES IN SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY” BY MACIEJ DYMKOWSKI

• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

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The article expands the polemic between social constructionism and experimental social psychology as described by Maciej Dymkowski. The two paradigms are compared on a pragmatic basis. This results in two points: (a) constructionism is characterized as unproductive scientific approach with no possibilities of possible application (b) the dangers of abandoning middle-range theories as the main generalization level in psychology are identified. A claim to preserve the methodology of social psychology in its current state is formulated.

Keywords

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MIDDLE-RANGE THEORIES; PRAGMATISM; SOCIAL CONSTRUCTIONISM; THEORY UNIVERSALISM

• Publisher: Polskie Stowarzyszenie Psychologii Społecznej, Warszawa, Poland
• Journal: Psychologia Społeczna
• Year: 2007
• Volume: 2
• Issue: 3-4(5)
• Pages: 276-279

Contributors

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Adrian Wójcik

• Instytut Socjologii, Uniwersytet Warszawski, ul. Karowa 18, 00-927 Warszawa, Poland