Brawsen argues that research into why people laugh doesn't fit the model of how science should be conducted. He points to work by neurobiologist Robert provine and a researcher at stanford who studies emotion across cultures. Brawsen: We're in the unique circumstance of having introspective access to what it is to be human, so we can even use our own feelings and thoughts and behaviors to motivate our researches.
Is social psychology just a kid dressing up in grown-up science clothes? Are the methods in social psychology--hypothesis-driven experiments and model-building--appropriate for the state of the field? Or do these methods lead to a narrowing of vision, stifled creativity, and a lack of informed curiosity about the social world> David and Tamler discuss the strong methodological critique of psychology from two of its leading practitioners - Paul Rozin and Solomon Asch.
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