25 Years Toward a Multilevel Science

When the Association for Psychological Science (then the American Psychological Society) was founded 25 years ago, there was some debate as to whether the organization should seek to advance a narrowly focused view of the psychological sciences or take a broader and more integrated view. In the end,...

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Published in:Perspectives on psychological science 2013-09, Vol.8 (5), p.554-555
Main Author: Brewer, Marilynn B.
Format: Article
Language:English
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Attitudes
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Special Section on Celebrating 25 Years of APS: Part II
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Summary:When the Association for Psychological Science (then the American Psychological Society) was founded 25 years ago, there was some debate as to whether the organization should seek to advance a narrowly focused view of the psychological sciences or take a broader and more integrated view. In the end, the organization chose to represent the discipline as a whole. The integrated view taken by APS in 1988 is reflected in the current state of the field. A large amount of current psychological research is integrative, combining many different subdisciplines. This multilevel orientation can be maintained if researchers continue to be open to working with both those within and those outside of their specialty areas. [Reprinted by permission of Sage Publications Inc., copyright holder.]
ISSN:1745-6916
1745-6924
DOI:10.1177/1745691613500996