The rise and fall of social psychology : the use and misuse of the experimental method
by
 
Brannigan, Augustine, 1949-

Title
The rise and fall of social psychology : the use and misuse of the experimental method

Author
Brannigan, Augustine, 1949-

ISBN
9780202307428
 
9780202307435

Personal Author
Brannigan, Augustine, 1949-

Publication Information
Hawthorne, N.Y. : Aldine de Gruyter, c2004.

Physical Description
xiii, 192 p. ; 24 cm.

Series
Social problems and social issues

Series Title
Social problems and social issues

Contents
Preface : why social psychology fails -- 1. The sunset of a golden age : reflections on the gap between promise and practice -- 2. Crisis and controversy in experimental social psychology : four hypotheses -- 3. Experiments as theatre : the art of scientific demonstration -- 4. Social psychology engineers wealth and intelligence : the Hawthorne and Pygmalion effects -- 5. A guide to the myth of media effects -- 6. Gender and psychology : from feminism to Darwinism -- 7. The end of experimental social psychology -- Epilogue : looking forward.

Subject Term
Social psychology -- Methodology.
 
Social psychology -- History.


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