Sociometric Technique and Experimental Method in Social Psychology

Summary

Tasks adapted from Piaget's studies of concepts of geometrical space were presented to 133 Zulu youths from rural and urban areas of Natal. Ss' ages ranged from 11 years to 20 years, and schooling from nil to seven years. The association of performances with age, schooling, and rural-urban residence suggested that youths who grow up in town and attend school from an early age proceed to a Euclidean concept of space, while others are likely to retain the topological ideas usually associated with much younger groups.     

Applied Experimental Psychology

La psychologie expérimentale appliquée est une expérimentation psychologique explicitement orientée vers des préeoccupations pratiques. Ces recherches suscitent actuellement un grand intérêt. On recense dans cet article les domaines qui ont été abordés récemment par les recherches expérimentales appliquées: certains d'entre eux sont explorés depuis longtemps. Quelques observations sont faites à propos des impulsions technologiques et démographiques en faveur des travaux d'application.
Applied experimental psychology is defined as psychological experimentation explicitly addressed to practical concerns. Interest in such research appears to be high at present. Problem areas that have been addressed recently by applied experimental research, some of which have been areas of interest for a long time, are noted. Some observations are made regarding technological and demographic stimuli for applied work.     

Knowledge in Society as an Empirical Base for Indian Psychology

Indian society has enormous complexity and diversity of religion and culture. The Indian Psychology will be truly enriched if it explores and integrates these experiences at the individual and group levels. In addition there is perhaps something to learn from the Positive Psychology as to how to best utilize the knowledge in Indian society for the sake of humanity.     

认知地图技术及其在管理心理学中的应用述评

认知地图技术是用来获取个体对某个特定领域独特理解的图形化描述的一系列方法的总称,包括认知诱发技术与分析技术.在详细阐述其概念、原理的基础上,本文结合一个共享心智模型的研究实例,展示了认知地图技术应用的一般步骤.然后,介绍了认知地图技术在管理心理学中的应用.并针对认知地图技术存在的问题,对未来的研究进行了展望,即从认知地图技术的理论、应用及软件等方面开展深入研究.     

The Content of Experimental Manuals in Psychology

Murphy, G. An Historical Introduction to Modern Psychology. (Supplement by H. Klüver.) New York: Harcourt, Brace, 1929. Pp. xvii+470. Reviewed by G. S. Brett.

Pillsbury, W. B. The History of Psychology. New York: Norton, 1929. Pp. 326. Reviewed by G. S. Brett.     

Political Psychology as Applied Psychology: An Introduction

On souligne, dans I'introduction du numéro spécial d' Applied Psychology: An International Review sur la Psychologie Politique, qu'il existe deux courants parmi les contributions au champ de la psychologie politique. L'un traite des implications politiques en jeu quand la politique est utilisée pour illustrer des problématiques psychologiques. L'autre est une « Psychologie Politique politique >> où les orientations des Sciences Politiques définissent les problématiques. La seconde partie de l'introduction montre que cette discipline emprunte largement à trois grandes théories de la psychologie (la théorie cognitive, la théorie de I'apprentissage et la psychanalyse) et que la plupart des publications abordent des thèmes en rapport avec les psychologies sociale, clinique, de la personnalité et du développement. Enfin, les sept contributions émanant d'auteurs de quatre continents sont brièvement introduites.
The introduction to Applied Psychology: An International Review's special issue on Political Psychology argues that there are two streams of contributions to the field of political psychology. One is work with political implications where politics are used to illustrate psychological research questions. The other is a "political Political Psychology" where the agenda of political science defines the research questions. A second part of the introduction shows that the discipline draws most heavily on three grand theories of psychology, namely cognitive theory, psychoanalysis, and learning theory with most publications working on questions related to social psychology, personality, clinical, and developmental psychology. Finally the seven contributions by authors from four continents are briefly introduced.     

心理学中的一部力作--读坎特威茨等著、郭秀艳等译的《实验心理学》

实验心理学是运用科学的实验方法研究心理现象和行为规律的科学。在心理学各分支中,实验心理学的地位可谓特殊且重要。这是因为随着科学技术的发展,心理学研究日益深入,实验心理学的方法、技术和理念等已深深地影响到心理学研究的所有领域!即便是过去以为难于进行实验研究的社会心理学和人格心理学,目前也在运用实验方法进行研究。所以说,实验心理学以其“科学地实验”而在心理学界独树一帜,成为心理学各领域进行研究的基础和保障。     

Introducing Science to the Psychology of the Soul: Experimental Existential Psychology

ABSTRACT— Humans live out their lives knowing that their own death is inevitable; that their most cherished beliefs and values, and even their own identities, are uncertain; that they face a bewildering array of choices; and that their private subjective experiences can never be shared with another human being. This knowledge creates five major existential concerns: death, isolation, identity, freedom, and meaning. The role of these concerns in human affairs has traditionally been the purview of philosophy. However, recent methodological and conceptual advances have led to the emergence of an experimental existential psychology directed toward empirically investigating the roles that these concerns play in psychological functioning. This new domain of psychological science has revealed the pervasive influence of deep existential concerns on diverse aspects of human thought and behavior.