Crise de la psychologie et devenir de la psychologie clinique

The field of psychology is crossed by a whole of lines of ruptures which founds it in structural crisis. This crisis finds its stressing in a context in which cleavages grow hollow. Those us will retain of them some of which: 1) dissociation enters psychology like knowing, psychology like exercise and psychology like trade and profession; 2) dissociations enter psychologies cognitive and clinical, between the psychology clinic and the psychoanalysis, between the ideal models and the clinical practices; 3) dissociations between the nomination and the title, the statute and the responsibilities, professional autonomy and the hierarchical tender; 4) dissociations between professional way and university formation, clinical formation and clinical responsibilities; 5) dissociations between transmission of knowing and transmission of a professional identity, between the profile of the recruited teachers and the needs for a professionnal formation. Compared to this context various proposals are projections relating to the constitution of a body of teachers experts, with the installation of a “clinicat” leading to a doctorate of exercise, with the installation of a unit organization, with the precedence of the professionals in the delivery of the right of occupational exercise.     

Les pratiques de recherche ouvertes en psychologie

This article aims to provide an overview of the recent developments of research practices in psychology. A review of the different symptoms of the crisis of replicability (and of confidence) that affected psychology will be followed by an in-depth and nuanced discussion of the factors responsible for this situation. Then, the next step will be to demonstrate, using illustrations and resources, the crucial role of open research practices to address these challenges. Knowledge and adoption of these research practices popularized by the open science movement are essential to contribute, through transparency and openness, to the collective effort to improve the reliability and replicability of psychological results.     

Domination et impérialisme en psychologie

We offer some arguments in support of the idea that the only goal the teaching and research system of the United States can serve is that of the global system to which it belongs, namely, domination. We show how, within the last few decades, French research in psychology - its issues, its institutions, its practices, its ethics - has undergone a process of Americanization that has turned it into a mainstream Western (and basically American) psychology. We point out some research trends that have contested this mainstream psychology, either because it appears too male chauvinist or liberal (opposition psychologies) or because it is grounded in the individualist and liberalist postulates of Western cultures (indigenous psychologies). Unfortunately, because dominant epistemology is governed by a principle of continuity, these contesting trends have not increased our scientific requirements; on the contrary, they have often led to anti-scientific approaches. It is still the task of psychology to break away from kwoledges and values of common sense.     

Approche dynamique et temporalité en psychologie sociale

The purpose was to specify the advantages and limits of the dynamical perspective proposed by Nowak et Vallacher (1998) for social psychology studies. This perspective contributes massively to new knowledge in economy, biology and motor control. Theoretical models, methods, self-assessment tools, and time series analyses are now available for addressing hypotheses that nomothetical approach has let unanswered, and to determine the impact of daily events on self-perception.     

Analyse du langage et analyse des discours : quelques applications en psychologie

Discourse analysis is still underdeveloped in Psychology. However, it offers both a precise theoretical framework and various methods of analysis, which make it possible to deal with issues at the heart of psychology and the missions of the practicing psychologists. All discourse is the result of a join construction; it integrates cross-perceptions as well as inter-individual and inter-group relational dynamics. There is no border between the individual who produced the discourse, and the individual who receives it. One is in the other and the other is in one. This conception is particularly relevant when it comes to analyzing what takes place at the heart of social relations, whatever the field of intervention: health, training, work and even more broadly the political and societal debate. This special issue does not aim to be exhaustive but presents different possible applications of discourse analysis, in order to provide the reader, reading grids and tools, which inform practice and nourish theory.