Experiments of the Mind : From the Cognitive Psychology Lab to the World of Facebook and Twitter /

"This book is an ethnographic investigation of the everyday professional lives of experimental cognitive psychologists, aimed at conveying to readers a sense of the social world of thelaboratory, and explaining how the field produces knowledge about human cognition. Emily Martin did fieldwork i...

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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Martin, Emily (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [2021]
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
Psychology > Experiments.
Psychology, Experimental.
Human experimentation in psychology.
Experimental psychologists.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social.
Cognitive psychology > Experiments.
Electronic books.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • List of Illustrations
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • Dramatis Personae
  • Introduction
  • My Research Questions
  • The Deep Penetration of Experimental Psychology into Daily Life
  • Invidious Practices
  • Road Map
  • 1 Doing This Ethnography
  • 2 Sensing the World
  • 3 Experimenting Scientifically
  • 4 Normalizing Data
  • 5 Delimiting Technologies
  • 6 Stabilizing Subjects
  • 7 Gazing Technologically
  • 8 Practicing Experimental Tasks
  • 9 Envisaging "Productive Thinking"
  • 10 Moving beyond the Lab
  • 11 Entering Social and Digital Media
  • Notes
  • References Cited
  • Index

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