Constructionism, and specifically discursive psychology, has an enriched view of science rather than being against science. Whatever the political merits of experimentation, discursive psychologists have made specific criticisms with respect to the difficulty of capturing central features of social action and interaction using experiments. They have developed rigorous analytic techniques for the study of records of natural action. These avoid a number of the problems with experimental research and have the advantage of directly studying action located in its home settings. Social psychology would benefit if such work were both represented in, and engaged with, in APA journals.
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