当代心理学的困惑与争论

当代心理学在研究对象、研究方法和科学观方面存在着诸多的困惑与争论。在研究对象方面,传统心理学认为心理学的研究对象是“精神实体”,而后现代主义心理学则认为心理学的研究对象是社会文化的建构;在研究方法方面,经验实证方法处在主流地位,但是方法多元论的呼声越来越高;在科学观方面,自然科学模型的心理学与人文社会科学模型的心理学处于争论不休的状态。

Perplexities and Disputes of Contemporary Psychology

Modern psychology had many perplexities and disputes on the research objects, methodology, and view of science. On the research objects, traditional psychology insists that "spirit body" is the objects, while post-modernism psychology takes the construction of social culture as the objects. On the methodology, the method of empirical demonstration is the mainstream but the multi-methods is gaining its influences. On the view of science, psychology of natural science mode and that of social science mode is in continuous debate.