Social psychology and the wrong revolution

Análise do comportamento e a construção social do conhecimento

“…Como pode ser visto a partir da história, a psicologia social frequentemente tem adotado novas estruturas e terminologias. A teoria de cognição social, muito difundida atualmente, está começan-do a ser criticada pela psicologia social, e especialmente por psicólogos sociais interessados no conhecimento socialmente construído (Gergen, 1989;Gergen & Semin, 1990). Se os psicólogos sociais perceberem que a análise do comportamento tem sido mal interpretada e que pode lidar de maneira útil com tais fenômenos, uma estrutura teórica ampla para a colocação de novas questões sobre os fenômenos sociais e novas metodologias promissoras para responder a essas novas questões se tornarão disponíveis (Sidman, 1960).…”

Toward a social constructivist psychology: The case of self-evaluative emotional development

“…Thus, from a social constructivist perspective, psychological development is the joint product of an active individual and a structuring social context. 'Throughout this article, I use the tern social constructivist to differentiate the present analysis from both individual constructivist theories (Kelly, 1955;Piaget, 1970), which tend to underspecify the social origins of meaning and activity, and current social constructionist models (Gergen, 1985(Gergen, , 1989, which tend to underrepresent the individual's role in the creation of meaning (Harr6, 1984(Harr6, , 1986 This process may be illustrated through the elaboration of a social constructivist model of emotion. Recent theory and research (Barrett & Campos, 1987;de Rivera, 1981;Fischer et al, 1990;Frijda, 1986;Mascolo & Mancuso, 1990Ortony & Turner, 1990;Scherer, 1984) suggest that emotional states and experiences can be understood in terms of organized ensembles of components.…”

Personally and socially constructing selves: Toward an increasingly social constructive psychology

“…Although these proposals might steer Kelly's theory in the direction of social constructionist models of action (e.g., Gergen, 1989;Stam, 1990), I caution against wholesale adoption of such models of human functioning. Although attractive and worthy of strong consideration, these theories often underrepresent the role of the individual in favor of social processes in the construction of meaning.…”