Overview

The study of science, sometimes referred to as metascience, is a new and growing field that includes the philosophy of science, history of science, sociology of science, and anthropology of science. In the last ten years, the formal study of the psychology of science has also emerged. The psychology of science focuses on the individual scientist, influenced by intelligence, motivation, personality, and the development of scientific interest, thought, ability, and achievement over a lifespan. Science can be defined as explicitly and systematically testing hypotheses. Defined more broadly, science includes wider processes, such as theory construction and the hypothesis testing seen in children and ""non-scientific"" adults. Most prior work in the study of science has emphasized the role of explicit reasoning; however, contemporary research in psychology emphasizes the importance of implicit processes in decision-making and choice and assumes that the performance of many tasks involves a complex relationship between implicit and explicit processes.Psychology of Science brings together contributions from leaders in the emerging discipline of the psychology of science with other experts on the roles of implicit and explicit processes in thinking. Highlighting the role of implicit processes in the creation of scientific knowledge, this volume links the psychology of science to many strands of psychology , including cognitive, social, and developmental psychology, as well as neuroscience. Ultimately, this volume raises awareness of the psychology of science among psychologists, philosophers, and sociologists of science, and anyone interested in the metasciences.

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Author:   Robert W. Proctor (Distinguished Professor of Psychological Sciences, Distinguished Professor of Psychological Sciences, Purdue University) ,  E.J. Capaldi (Emeritus Professor of Psychological Sciences, Emeritus Professor of Psychological Sciences, Purdue University)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press Inc
Imprint:   Oxford University Press Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 23.60cm , Height: 4.10cm , Length: 15.50cm
Weight:   0.885kg
ISBN:  

9780199753628

ISBN 10:   0199753628
Pages:   552
Publication Date:   12 July 2012
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Introduction Implicit and Explicit Processes in the Psychology of Science Robert W. Proctor and E. J. Capaldi Part 1: Role of the Psychology of Science and its Methods Chapter 1 The Psychology of Science is Off and Running but Where Do We Go from Here? Gregory Feist Chapter 2 Psychology of Science: Influence on the Philosophy of Science E. J. Capaldi and Robert W. Proctor Chapter 3 Methodological Approaches to Scientific and Technological Thinking Michael E. Gorman Part 2: Agency and Reasoning in the Psychology of Science Chapter 4 The Role of Psychology in an Agent-Based Theory of Science Ronald N. Giere Chapter 5 The Acting Person in Scientific Practice Lisa Osbeck and Nancy J. Nersessian Chapter 6 Inference to the Best Explanation (IBE) and the Causal and Scientific Reasoning of Non-scientists Barbara Koslowski Chapter 7 Classifying and Remediating Late Elementary and Middle School Students' Errors and Misconceptions about Experimental Design Stephanie A. Siler and David Klahr Part 3: Implicit and Explicit Processes in the Cognitive Psychology of Science Chapter 8 What are Implicit and Explicit Processes? Jan De Houwer and Agnes Moors Chapter 9 How Should We Understand the Implicit and Explicit Processes in Scientific Thinking? Donelson E. Dulany Chapter 10 The Interaction of Implicit vs. Explicit Processing and Problem Difficulty in a Scientific Discovery Task Corinne Zimmerman and Jean E. Pretz Part 4: Psychological Perspectives: Influence on Science Chapter 11 Implicit Cognition and Researcher Conflict of Interest Anthony G. Greenwald Chapter 12 Science, Feminism, and the Psychology of Investigating Gender Alice H. Eagly Chapter 13 The Theory Ladenness of the Mental Processes used in the Scientific Enterprise: Evidence from Cognitive Psychology and the History of Science William F. Brewer Chapter 14 The Practice of Psychological Science in Social-Personality Research: Are We Still a Science of Two Disciplines? Jessica L. Tracy, Richard W. Robins, and Jeffrey W. Sherman Part 5: Scientific Creativity Chapter 15 Scientific Creativity as Blind Variation: Explicit and Implicit Procedures, Mechanisms, and Processes Dean Keith Simonton Chapter 16 Creative Combination of Representations: Scientific Discovery and Technological Invention Paul Thagard Chapter 17 On the Unreasonable Reasonableness of Mathematical Physics: A Cognitive View Ryan Tweney Chapter 18 Digging into Implicit/Explicit States and Processes: The Case of Cognitive/Social Process Interaction in Scientific Groups Susannah B. F. Paletz and Christian D. Schunn Part 6: Unconventional Perspectives on the Conduct of Science Chapter 19 Implicit Ontological Reasoning: The Problems of Dualism in Psychological Science Brent D. Slife, Jeffrey S. Reber, and James E. Faulconer Chapter 20 Notre Trahison Des Clercs: Implicit Aspirations - Explicit Exploitations Peter A. Hancock

Reviews

<br> Whether seasoned professionals or novices engage in science, it is an enterprise constructed by minds acting both individually and in interaction with one another. It is essential to investigate the social and cognitive processes involved because they shape the final product. This book does a service in demonstrating the multiple and wide-ranging perspectives that need to be brought to bear in pursuing these essential investigations. <br>-Deanna Kuhn, Professor of Psychology and Education, Teachers College, Columbia University <br><p><br> Including most of the leading scholars in the field and covering an impressive range of topics, this book is a must-have for everyone interested in the psychology of science. <br>-Hanne Andersen, Head of the Center for Science Studies, and Associate Professor, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Aarhus University <br><p><br>

Author Information

Robert W. Proctor is Distinguished Professor of Psychological Sciences at Purdue University. He has been teaching and conducting research in the areas of attention and performance for 35 years. He is editor of the American Journal of Psychology, the first psychology journal in the U.S. He is also a fellow of the American Psychological Association and the Association for Psychological Science. E.J. Capaldi is Emeritus Professor of Psychological Sciences at Purdue University. He is a leading researcher in the field of learning and memory, and has authored numerous articles and contributed to many books in those areas. Drs. Proctor and Capaldi have been working together in the areas of philosophy and psychology of science since the early 1990s. They have co-authored 12 articles and chapters in these areas, as well as two books, Why Science Matters: Understanding the Methods of Psychological Research and Contextualism in Psychological Research?: A Critical Review.

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