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dc.contributor.authorBreen, Lauren
dc.contributor.authorDarlaston-Jones, D.
dc.date.accessioned2017-01-30T10:29:15Z
dc.date.available2017-01-30T10:29:15Z
dc.date.created2013-08-21T20:00:26Z
dc.date.issued2010
dc.identifier.citationBreen, Lauren J. and Darlaston-Jones, Dawn. 2010. Moving beyond the enduring dominance of positivism in psychological research: Implications for psychology in Australia. Australian Psychologist. 45 (1): pp. 67-76.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/3180
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/00050060903127481
dc.description.abstract

Almost since its inception, the dominant narrative of modern psychology has embraced positivism through its insistence that psychological science is objective, generalisable, and value free (or neutral). Consequently, quantitative research and, in particular, experimental designs, are privileged over other forms of enquiry, and other epistemologies, ethodologies, and methods remain marginalised within the discipline. We argue that the enduring hegemony of positivism needs to be opposed to enable psychology to genuinely understand the antecedents of, and provide meaningful sustainable solutions for, complex human issues without being constrained by a narrow focus on method. We discuss the ways in which psychology in Australia can move towards embracing a constructionist epistemology that provides the framework for methodological pluralism. We provide a number of suggestions for change across the interrelated areas of accreditation, curriculum, the Australian Psychological Society, and research.

dc.publisherJohn Wiley & Sons Ltd.
dc.subjecttheoretical and methodological issues
dc.subjectteaching of psychology
dc.subjectsocial issues
dc.subjecttheoretical and philosophical psychology
dc.subjectdiscipline issues
dc.subjectethical issues
dc.subjectepistemology
dc.titleMoving beyond the enduring dominance of positivism in psychological research: Implications for psychology in Australia
dc.typeJournal Article
dcterms.source.volume45
dcterms.source.number1
dcterms.source.startPage67
dcterms.source.endPage76
dcterms.source.issn0005-0067
dcterms.source.titleAustralian Psychologist
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