Three approaches to the disjunction between psychological measurement and psychological persons: methodological and ethical considerations.
In this paper, we take forward Schwarz's (2009) disjunction between measurement-apparatus-questionnaire and measurement-apparatus-man to examine how the crisis in contemporary psychology is related to assumptions about two sets of connections in research: connections between research tools, research behaviours, and psychological phenomena; and connections between researchers and researchees. By setting up a research problem with methodological and ethical implications, we describe three approaches that involve different assumptions and research activities in relation to the ways each makes these connections: Disassociated, Conventionally Connected and Persons in Dialogue Approaches. We argue that a Persons in Dialogue Approach is the most appropriate approach for a 21st Century psychology in crisis.
Lawrence
Jeanette A
JA
The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. lawrence@unimelb.edu.au
Dodds
Agnes E
AE
D035841:Behavioral Research / Q000941:ethics / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D032984:Ethics, Research; D006805:Human Experimentation / Q000941:ethics / Q000592:standards; D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000523:psychology; D008960:Models, Psychological; D011594:Psychometrics / Q000941:ethics / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards