TY - JOUR
T1 - Changes in modern psychology
T2 - A citation analysis of the Kuhnian displacement thesis
AU - Friman, Patrick C.
AU - Allen, Keith D.
AU - Kerwin, Mary Louise E.
AU - Larzelere, Robert
N1 - Copyright:
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PY - 1993
Y1 - 1993
N2 - Many psychologists believe a Kuhnian revolution - a competitive event between incommensurate paradigms in which a winner displaces losers after chaotic upheaval - has occurred in psychology. Cognitive psychology is said to be displacing behavioral psychology and psychoanalysis, but few published data support this thesis. Social science citation records from the leading journals in cognitive psychology, behavioral psychology, and psychoanalysis between 1979 and 1988 were analyzed. Results show an increasing trend for cognitive psychology but also high citation rates with no downward trends for behavioral psychology. Citation rates for psychoanalysis are not as high, but indications of decline are marginal. These findings do not support the Kuhnian displacement thesis on changes in modern psychology.
AB - Many psychologists believe a Kuhnian revolution - a competitive event between incommensurate paradigms in which a winner displaces losers after chaotic upheaval - has occurred in psychology. Cognitive psychology is said to be displacing behavioral psychology and psychoanalysis, but few published data support this thesis. Social science citation records from the leading journals in cognitive psychology, behavioral psychology, and psychoanalysis between 1979 and 1988 were analyzed. Results show an increasing trend for cognitive psychology but also high citation rates with no downward trends for behavioral psychology. Citation rates for psychoanalysis are not as high, but indications of decline are marginal. These findings do not support the Kuhnian displacement thesis on changes in modern psychology.
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M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0010953137
SN - 0003-066X
VL - 48
SP - 658
EP - 664
JO - American Psychologist
JF - American Psychologist
IS - 6
ER -