TY - JOUR A1 - Mayrhofer, Roland A1 - Hutmacher, Fabian T1 - The Principle of Inversion: Why the Quantitative-Empirical Paradigm Cannot Serve as a Unifying Basis for Psychology as an Academic Discipline JF - Frontiers in Psychology KW - self-perception of psychology KW - principle of inversion KW - methods in psychology KW - operationalism KW - definitions of psychology Y1 - 2020 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-219487 SN - 1664-1078 VL - 11 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Hutmacher, Fabian A1 - Mayrhofer, Roland T1 - Psychology as a historical science? Theoretical assumptions, methodological considerations, and potential pitfalls JF - Current Psychology N2 - The current condition of (Western) academic psychology can be criticized for various reasons. In the past years, many debates have been centered around the so-called “replication crisis” and the “WEIRD people problem”. However, one aspect which has received relatively little attention is the fact that psychological research is typically limited to currently living individuals, while the psychology of the past remains unexplored. We find that more research in the field of historical psychology is required to capture both the similarities and differences between psychological mechanisms both then and now. We begin by outlining the potential benefits of understanding psychology also as a historical science and explore these benefits using the example of stress. Finally, we consider methodological, ideological, and practical pitfalls, which could endanger the attempt to direct more attention toward cross-temporal variation. Nevertheless, we suggest that historical psychology would contribute to making academic psychology a truly universal endeavor that explores the psychology of all humans. KW - historical psychology KW - history of psychology KW - replication crisis KW - methodological pluralism Y1 - 2023 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-324491 SN - 1046-1310 VL - 42 IS - 22 ER -