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- Anderson, Tony, et al.
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Criticising the critic : Comments on Jahoda's (2012) Critique of discursive social psychology
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In: Journal for the Theory of Social Behaviour. - : John Wiley & Sons. - 0021-8308 .- 1468-5914. ; 44:1, s. 123-129
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Journal article (other academic/artistic)abstract
- Jahoda (2012) criticizes discursive social psychology (DSP) on several differentgrounds; specifically, he argues that DSP has opaque methodological procedures,is of questionable scientific merit, involves over-interpretation of its data, andimplicitly claims its findings to be universal rather than contextually specific. Wechallenge these criticisms by arguing that observational studies of the kind typicalwithin DSP research have a perfectly valid place within a scientific social psychol-ogy, that the interpretations made by DSP researchers should be seen in thecontext of a temporally extended research process in which they are subject tocriticism and potential replication, and that Jahoda is himself guilty of over-interpretation by inferring claims of universality when such an inference is notwarranted by the data (i.e. the qualitative content of the sample of research papersconsidered by Jahoda).
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Critical Bodies : Representations, identities and practices of weight and body management
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Editorial collection (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Using work produced from the critical and postmodern arena in social sciences, this book examines three key areas - representation, identities and practice - to explore and interrogate how body and weight management, subjectivities, experiences and practices are constituted within and by the normative discourses of contemporary western culture.
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Discursive psychology and embodiment : beyond subject-object binaries
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Editorial collection (peer-reviewed)abstract
- "Discursive psychology has proved exceptionally fruitful in showing us how people use talk to do "psychological" things like remember, recognise, judge, and so on. Now we have a collection which goes one major step forward, and shows us how they do those things - and more - using gesture, movement and bodily orientation. A hugely welcome contribution to our understanding of psychology in everyday life."- Charles Antaki, Professor of Language and Social Psychology, Loughborough University, UK For over thirty years, discursive psychology has offered a robust challenge to cognitivist approaches to psychology, demonstrating the relevance of discursive practices for understanding psychological topics and social interaction. Matters of embodiment – the visceral, sensory, physical aspects of psychology – have, however, so far received much less attention. This book is the first text to address the theoretical and analytical challenges raised by bodies in interaction for discursive psychology. The book brings together international experts, each of which tackles a different topic area and interactional setting to examine embodiment as a social object. The authors consider the issue of subject-object relations and how ‘inner’ psychological subject-side states are constructed and enacted in relation to object-side states through embodied discursive practices. How do bodily processes become particular kinds of embodiment through and within social interaction? How are bodies psychologised as social objects? Moving beyond dualisms of the subject/object that construct an ‘inner’ and ‘outer’ psychological state, the book pushes forward contemporary theory and analysis within discursive psychology. Discursive Psychology and Embodiment is therefore an essential resource for researchers across the social sciences working within discourse, social interaction, and the ‘turn to the body’. Sally Wiggins is Associate Professor in Psychology at Linköping University, Sweden. Her research interests focus on eating practices in everyday social interaction, and she has previously authored a textbook entitled Discursive Psychology, and has published numerous empirical articles and book chapters on discursive psychology. Karin Osvaldsson Cromdal is Associate Professor in Social Work at Linköping University, Sweden. She has published on identities and social interaction in primarily institutional settings such as detention homes for troubled youth, helpline and emergency rescue service interaction, and social work counselling.
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Discursive research in practice: New approaches to psychology and everyday interaction
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Editorial collection (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Over the past few decades new ways of conceiving the relation between people, practices and institutions have been developed, enabling an understanding of human conduct in complex situations that is distinctive from traditional psychological and sociological conceptions. This distinctiveness is derived from a sophisticated analytic approach to social action which combines conversation analysis with the fresh treatment of epistemology, mind, cognition and personality developed in discursive psychology. This text is the first to showcase and promote this new method of discursive research in practice. Featuring contributions from a range of international academics, both pioneers in the field and exciting new researchers, this book illustrates an approach to social science issues that cuts across the traditional disciplinary divisions to provide a rich participant-based understanding of action.
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- Hendry, Gillian, et al.
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Constructing cohesion through laughter
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In: Proceedings from the 9th GRASP conference, Linköping University, May 2014. - : Linköping University Electronic Press. - 9789175192178 ; , s. 1-16
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Conference paper (other academic/artistic)abstract
- One of the most consistently studied constructs within group dynamics literature is that of cohesiveness; the extent to which individuals within a group feel connected. Members of strongly cohesive groups are more inclined to participate and stay with the group, and past research has reported that laughter has the ability to enhance cohesion between individuals, although there is limited work showing exactly how this happens. Twenty two students comprising eight groups from two UK universities were video-recorded as they partook in group work, with the resultant sixty four hours of video data being analysed using discursive psychology centring on episodes of laughter in interaction. As ‘sticking together’ is a defining feature of cohesiveness, the analysis focused on instances in which a group member did the opposite of this by group-deprecating; revealing a weakness about the group, with findings showing that cohesion is constructed through the acceptance of and expansion upon the disparagement.
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- Hepburn, Alexa, et al.
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Developments in discursive psychology
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In: Qualitative research in psychology: Ten Volume Set. - London : Sage Publications. - 9781473912038
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- Hepburn, Alexa, et al.
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Developments in discursive psychology
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In: Discourse & Society. - : Sage Publications. - 0957-9265 .- 1460-3624. ; 16:5, s. 595-601
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Discursive psychology is the broad title for a range of research done in different disciplinary contexts – communication, language, sociology and psychology. It moves the theoretical and analytic focus from individual cognitive events and processes to situated interaction. This work is critical of, and developing a progressive, analytically based alternative to, mainstream cognitive social psychology. Discursive psychology (occasionally DP) also counters the social psychological view of the individual as part of a matrix of abstract social processes, and replaces it with a focus on people’s everyday practices in various institutional settings. This entails an important change in analytic focus; rather than whether, or how accurately, participants’ talk reflects inner and outer events, DP investigates how ‘psychology’ and ‘reality’ are produced, dealt with and made relevant by participants in and through interaction. Articles in this Special Issue will, therefore, take various social and psychological categories and consider their role in specific interactional settings. Our aim here is to set out three main strands of contemporary discursive psychology as a way of emphasizing some of the exciting and progressive features of the collection presented in this volume.
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