Building and Testing Theories: Experiences from Conducting Social Identity Research
理论的建构与验证:来自社会认同研究的经验

Theory building and testing is the core of scientific investigation.Based upon the lessons we have learned from conducting research in social identity and intergroup relations,we propose a four-step approach in building and testing psychological theories:(1) selecting phenomena:observing events that happen around us and around the world;(2) finding critical commonalities:identifying common components across the different events;(3) abstracting(theorizing):extracting the underlying psychological processes in...