Social Psychology, Social Science, and Economics: Twentieth Century Progress and Problems, Twenty-First Century Prospects

Autor/in	House, James S.
Titel	Social Psychology, Social Science, and Economics: Twentieth Century Progress and Problems, Twenty-First Century Prospects
Quelle	In: Social Psychology Quarterly, 71 (2008) 3, S.232-256 (25 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0190-2725
DOI	10.1177/019027250807100306
Schlagwörter	Social Scientists; Interdisciplinary Approach; Social Psychology; Psychologists; Social Sciences; Economics; United States History; Public Policy; Educational Trends; Intellectual Disciplines + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Social scientist; Sozialwissenschaftler; Fächerübergreifender Unterricht; Fächerverbindender Unterricht; Interdisziplinarität; Sozialpsychologie; Psychologist; Psychologe; Psychologin; Social science; Sozialwissenschaften; Gesellschaftswissenschaften; Volkswirtschaftslehre; Öffentliche Ordnung; Bildungsentwicklung; Geisteswissenschaften
Abstract	Stimulated by social scientists' and especially social psychologists' contributions during World War II, as well as by America's post-war economic and population growth, the period from 1945 to 1970 was widely viewed as a "Golden Age" for American social science. Interdisciplinary social psychology arguably was in the vanguard of these developments. Progress since then have been variable and in some ways negative for social psychology, not only as an interdisciplinary field, but also within its parent disciplines of psychology and especially sociology, where social psychology could plausibly become extinct within twenty-five years. The decline of social psychology as a field and a broad influence on the social sciences, society, and public policy has coincided with a rise of economics to an analogous vanguard position. Understanding the reasons for and implications of these trends has been limited, with a focus on analyses of developments within particular disciplines. However, developments across the social sciences, and society more broadly, are equally or more important to understanding these trends. Future prospects also depend heavily on these broader societal forces, but the inertial tendencies of trajectories since 1970 within and between social science disciplines and fields will necessarily play a major role. The twenty-first century offers the prospect of renewed importance of social psychology in a more interdisciplinary and integrated set of social and policy sciences, if social psychologists and the parent disciplines of sociology and psychology are prepared to capitalize on and take leadership of emerging opportunities. (Contains 3 figures, 2 tables and 1 footnote.) (As Provided).
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