Psychology is social: Exploring universals in performance capacity and performance style

• Autores: Moghaddam, Fathali M., Lee, Naomi, Harré, Rom
• Formato: artículo
• Fecha de Publicación: 2007
• Institución: Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú
• Repositorio: Revistas - Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú
• Lenguaje: español
• OAI Identifier: oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/1410
• Enlace del recurso: http://revistas.pucp.edu.pe/index.php/psicologia/article/view/1410
• Nivel de acceso: acceso abierto
• Materia: International psychology; universals; causation; normative; social behavior; psicología internacional; causalidad; los universales; normativa y conducta social

Our goal in this discussion is to map out a scientifically legitimate and practical path towardinternationalizing the social psychology curriculum. Toward developing an appropriate con- ceptual framework, we distinguish between the study of two different types of performance: performance capacity, how well isolated individuals can perform tasks as determined by their physical characteristics, and performance style, the way things are done through collab- orative meaning making. Whereas performance capacity can be explained causally, performance style is best explained through normative accounts. Social psychology has largely approached questions of performance style by applying a reductionist and causal framework. We highlight the alternative approach reflected in the cultural-narrative turn and identify sub-research areas that need to be strengthened in order to internationalize psychology.