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Experimental Studies of Intergroup Behaviour

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Cognitive Analysis of Social Behavior

Part of the book series: NATO Advanced Study Institutes Series ((ASID,volume 13))

Abstract

“The strenght of (social psychology) and the main feature distinguishing it from other social sciences were traditionally seen in its use of experimental methods of research. The aim was, some forty years ago, to create a reliably scientific approach to human social behaviour. This developed in due course into experimental social psychology which overwhelmingly dominated (and still does) the research and writing in the subject. But what started as an exciting new venture became over the years, as is often the case, a complacent and unquestioned old routine. It is therefore not surprising that the ‘experimental’ tradition found itself at the receiving end of most of the attacks directed in the last ten years or so at the kind of research done by social psychologists” (Tajfel, 1978a, p.IX).

This contribution has already been published in M. Jeeves (Ed.): Survey of Psychology, N°3, London: Allen and Unwin, 1980. Copyright by Allen and Unwin and reproduced by permission.

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    H. Tajfel

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  1. Laboratoire de Psychologie Sociale, Université de Provence, Aix-en-Provence, France

    Jean-Paul Codol Ph.D.

  2. Faculté de Psychologie, Université Catholique de Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium

    Jacques-Philippe Leyens Ph.D.

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Tajfel, H. (1982). Experimental Studies of Intergroup Behaviour. In: Codol, JP., Leyens, JP. (eds) Cognitive Analysis of Social Behavior. NATO Advanced Study Institutes Series, vol 13. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-7612-2_8

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