HOW IMPORTANT IS THE CONCEPT OF SITUATED KNOWLEDGES TO THE CRITICAL EVALUATION OF SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY? ILLUSTRATE ESSAY WITH REFERENCE TO TWO TOPICS OF RESEARCH IN DD307 This essay will explore the concept of situated knowledges‚ and assess the importance of this concept to the critical evaluation of social psychological topics. The concept of situated knowledges is used as an interrogative theme to assist in evaluating knowledge produced in research. All knowledge produced‚ is situated historically
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readings in Social Psychology (pp. 134-159). Milton Keynes:The Open University Dixon‚ J. (2007). Chapter 6: Prejudice‚ conflict and conflict reduction. In W. Hollway‚ H. Lucey & A. Phoenix (Eds.)‚ Social Psychology Matters (pp. 145-172). Milton Keynes: The Open University. Haslam‚ A.‚ (2007) Contemporary methods and perspectives [DVD 1‚ DD307] Milton Keynes: The Open University.
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will therefore refer to this approach as experimental social psychology (ESP). My aim is to argue that despite some downfalls‚ ESP provides an indispensible contribution to understanding how the mind is structured by society (Haslam‚ 2007‚ DVD 1‚ DD307). To argue this I will outline the key characteristics of the approach which will involve looking at its historical development. This will give us an insight into how the discipline became grounded within scientific principles and was the dominant
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DD307 - TMA 01 Outline and assess the use of experiments in social psychology drawing on the cognitive social perspective and one of the other three perspectives in the module (discursive psychological‚ phenomenological or social psychoanalytic). This essay will provide a description of the experimental method for both the cognitive social perspective and social psychoanalytic perspective. A compare and contrast will be given for the two perspectives in a critical evaluation as an approach
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will first be presented and then those approaches will be linked with the topic of close relationships‚ looking at their ways of applications and methods and the kind of knowledge produced. The Cognitive Social Psychology (Haslam‚ 2007‚ DVD 1‚ DD307) focuses on information-processing in social context; in other words‚ our socially structured minds and thoughts. Researchers’ aim is to assess and discern‚ in controlled social conditions‚ individual cognitions in term of causal relations and patterns
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References: Haslem‚ A. (2007) in DVD 1‚ DD307‚ The Open University Hollway‚ W. (2007) ‘Social psychology: past and present’‚ in W. Hollway‚ H. Lucey and A. Phoenix (eds) Social Psychology Matters‚ Milton Keynes‚ Open University Press. Hollway‚ W. (2007) ‘Methods and knowledge in social psychology’‚ in W. Hollway‚ H. Lucey and A. Phoenix (eds) Social Psychology Matters‚ Milton Keynes‚ Open University Press. Taylor‚ S. (2007) ‘Introduction’
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W. (2007) ‘Social Psychology: past and present’‚ in W. Hollway‚ H. Lucey and A. Pheonix (eds) Social Psychology Matters‚ Milton Keynes‚ Open University Press. Hollway‚ W (2007) ‘Social Psychology: past and present’‚ in W. Hollway‚ H. Lucey and A. Pheonix (eds) Social Psychology Matters‚ Milton Keynes‚ Open University Press. Edwards‚ D. (1999) cited in Hollway‚ W. (2007) ‘Social Psychology: past and present’‚ in W. Hollway‚ H. Lucey and A. Pheonix (eds) Social Psychology Matters‚ Milton Keynes‚ Open
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society and unaffected by it or as over socialised beings and as such was found to be constrictive in its use. “Families and close personal relationships give us a vital framework through which we come to make sense of ourselves and the world” (Helen Lucey 2007 pg 66 cited in Social Psychology Matters). From birth the family generally is the main source of influence in the development of physical‚ social and emotional well being and as such is worthy of further research and
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Dimensions of Psychological Discourse‚ Cambridge‚ Cambridge University Press‚ pp. 17-35. Hallway‚ W. (2007) ‘Social psychology: past and present’ in Hollway‚ W.‚ Lucey‚ H. and Phoenix‚ A. (eds) Social Psychology Matters‚ The Open University‚ Walton Hall‚ Milton Keynes. Hallway‚ W. (2007) ‘Methods and knowledge in social psychology’ in Hollway‚ W.‚ Lucey‚ H. and Phoenix‚ A. (eds) Social Psychology Matters‚ The Open University‚ Walton Hall‚ Milton Keynes. Potter J. and Wetherell‚ M. (1987) Social Psychology
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Critical Readings in Social Psychology‚ Milton Keynes: Open University‚ 133-159. Cooper‚ T. and Keye‚ H. (2002) in Cooper‚ T. and Roth‚ I. (2002) Challenging Psychological Issues‚ Milton Keynes‚ The Open University. Dixon‚ J. (2007) in Holloway‚ W. Lucey‚ L and Phoenix‚ A. (2007) Social Psychology Matters. Milton Keynes: Open University‚ 146-172 Douzinas‚ C Edwards‚ D. (1997) in Langdridge‚ D. and Taylor‚ S. (2007) Critical Readings in Social Psychology‚ Milton Keynes: Open University‚ 158-9. Hogg
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