H istorical bibliometric analysis Ivan Flis PhD Candidate Utrecht University ivanflis iflisuunl In both our applied work and general scientific work psychology requires combined not parallel labors from our ID: 269641
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Mapping four decades of psychology’s disunity
Historical bibliometric analysis
Ivan Flis
PhD
Candidate
,
Utrecht
University
@
ivanflis
i.flis@uu.nlSlide2
‘In both our
applied work and general scientific work, psychology requires combined, not parallel, labors from our two historical disciplines. In this common labor, they will almost certainly become one, with a common theory, a common method, and common recommendations for social betterment… We will come to realize that
organism and treatment are an inseparable pair and that no psychologist can dismiss one or the other as error of variance.
Because of delay in developing methodology, he [Clark Hull] said,
individual differences have played little part in behavior theory, and a ‘sizeable segment of behavioral science remains practically untouched.’ This untouched segment contains the question we really want to put to Nature, and she will never answer until our two disciplines ask it in a single voice.’
Cronbach, L. (1957).
The two disciplines of scientific psychology.
The American Journal of Psychology
,
15
(1), 72–101. Slide3
Sitting on the opposite sides of variance.
Treatment
v
ariance
as object
of researchIndividual variance as
object of researchSlide4
Did psychologists mend the schism in the following three decades?
Bibliometric
analysis of psychological journals in that period.
Do
C
ronbach’s
two disciplines exist in 1950s?Slide5
PsycINFO
>3.7
million
entries
2561 journals
Basic framework for
bibliometr
i
c analysisSlide6
Map 1950-1959
Concepts:
2489Journals: 77Abstracts: 27.912Slide7
Map 1960-1969
Concepts:
5723
Journals:
188
Abstracts:
51.588Slide8
Map 1970-1979
Concepts:
1900
Journals:
375
Abstracts:
114.639Slide9
Map 1980-1989
Concepts:
2004
Journals:
735
Abstracts:
192.515Slide10
Sitting on the opposite sides of variance.
Treatment
v
ariance
as object of
research
Individual
v
ariance
as object of researchSlide11
1960-1969
19
5
0-19
591970-197
9
1980-1989Slide12
The Go-To Science
“Curiosity is part of human nature. One of the first questions children learn to ask is ‘
why?’ As adults, we continue to wonder. Using empirical methods, psychologists apply that universal curiosity to collect and interpret research data to better understand and solve some of society’s most challenging problems.It’s difficult, if not impossible, to think of a facet of life where psychology is not involved. Psychologists
employ
the scientific method — stating the question, offering a theory and then constructing rigorous laboratory or field experiments to test the hypothesis. Psychologists apply the understanding gleaned through research to create evidence-based strategies that solve problems and improve lives.
The result is that psychological science unveils new and better ways for people to exist and thrive in a complex world.”
American
Psychological
Association
website
,
retrieved
June 2015: http://www.apa.org/action/science/index.aspxSlide13
Source/tool
criticismCan large scale
bibliometric maps be valid historical sources?If yes, can they tell us something new?Slide14
On
that pessimistic note, thank you for your attention!
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