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.
| Library | Material Type | Item Barcode | Shelf Number | Copy |
|---|
| IIEMSA | General Books | 33168020382152 | 302.01 B821R 2004 | 1 |