The Social Construction of Truth

The Social Construction of Truth

Examines the American Psychological Association (APA) Memories of Childhood Abuse report, which contains the opposing view points of 2 subgroups of the working group that produced the report, the clinicians and the researchers. The author views the Final Report of the working group as an exercise in...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of theoretical and philosophical psychology 1998, Vol.18 (2), p.144-150
1. Verfasser: Sarbin, Theodore R
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Child Abuse
Constructivism
Credibility
Human
Professional Organizations
Psychology
Repressed Memory
Scientific Communication
Social Influences
Truth
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Zusammenfassung:Examines the American Psychological Association (APA) Memories of Childhood Abuse report, which contains the opposing view points of 2 subgroups of the working group that produced the report, the clinicians and the researchers. The author views the Final Report of the working group as an exercise in alternative methods of truth making. In the development of his analysis, the author explains his choice of the term "truth-making" rather than "truth finding." The process of constructing truths and the possibility of resolving contrary claims to truth is discussed. The author's remarks are intended as a scaffold for an understanding of why the clinicians and the researchers could find little common ground. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2020 APA, all rights reserved)
ISSN:1068-8471
2151-3341
DOI:10.1037/h0091181