2010/11/22 by Lisa M. Osbeck, Nancy J. Nersessian, Kareen Ror Malone +1 · 1 citation
Decision Sciences · Neuroscience · Psychology · #Academic and Historical Perspectives in Psychology #Cognitive Science and Education Research #Complex Systems and Decision Making #Creativity in Education and Neuroscience #Social Representations and Identity
paper · doi:10.1017/cbo9780511933936
openalex publication_date 2010/11/22 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/15
Science as Psychology reveals the complexity and richness of rationality by demonstrating how social relationships, emotion, culture, and identity are implicated in the problem-solving practices of laboratory scientists. In this study, the authors gather and analyze interview and observational data from innovation-focused laboratories in the engineering sciences to show how the complex practices of laboratory research scientists provide rich psychological insights, and how a better understanding of science practice facilitates understanding of human beings more generally. The study focuses not on dismantling the rational core of scientific practice, but on illustrating how social, personal, and cognitive processes are intricately woven together in scientific thinking. The book is thus a contribution to science studies, the psychology of science, and general psychology.