社会建构论心理学:轮廓、流派和局限

Social Constructionist Psychology: Scope,Thoughts,and Limitations

20世纪70年代,传统实验心理学日益遭受诟病,社会建构论心理学作为其主要批判者之一进入人们的视野。其中,温和派沿着事物是否具有意义负荷的分界线在社会世界和物质世界之间做出区分,代表人物是哈尔。哈尔的社会建构论比较中规中矩,缺乏对一些更为敏感的领域的探讨。激进派社会建构论热情拥抱后现代思想,代表人物是格根。激进派在批判传统实验心理学的同时也摧毁自己的立论根基,其话语的指涉物充满不确定性,这是其思想难以在广泛范围内长期维持的原因。

In the 1970s,there were incwmsing critiques and doubts in the field of experimental psychology concerning its validity and drawbacks, which provided perfect occasions for Social Constmetionism to combine with psychological resources. Social Constructionist Psychologists could be divided into Moderates and Radicals. Among the Moderates, HarrY＇ s Social Constructionism made a division be- tween social world and physical world according to whether things are loaded with meaning. Har~＇ s thought is moderate and cannot be connected with discussions about certain sensitive fields like the Radical Social Constructionism. Among the Radicals, Gergen＇ s Social Constructionism shared close affinity with postmodern thoughts. Gergen ＇ s thought is full of uncertainty when it regards itself as discourse and construction,which may be the reason why it cannot be accepted by and last among most psychologists.