Open research questions in Academic and Historical Perspectives in Psychology
296 gap statements mined from Academic and Historical Perspectives in Psychology papers in our 7.9M-paper local library, which holds 2,371 papers on the topic — drawn mostly from each paper's own stated research gap, future-work, challenge and limitation notes, and its abstract. The ones listed below are a selection still marked open; each names the study that raised it, with a DOI link where the paper has one.
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The lack of deepening of the historical method in researching psychological sources. The need for critical analysis and authentication of psychological sources.
The paper suggests that future research should investigate other national contexts. The study recommends examining contemporary developments in the relationship between Psychology and Phenomenology.
The study highlights the need to examine the interdependence of these two fields.
The traditional interpretation of the emergence of scientific psychology is limited. The study aims to fill this gap by providing a more comprehensive understanding of the emergence of scientific psychology.
REPENSAR EL NACIMIENTO DE LA PSICOLOGÍA CIENTÍFICA: LA PSICOFÍSICA ENTRE LA PSICOLOGÍA FILOSÓFICA Y LA PSICOLOGÍA FISIOLÓGICA · 2026 · DOIThe lack of a platform for discussing the importance of community and human connection during times of crisis. The need for exploration of the themes of vision and re-vision in Montgomery's works.
It highlights the need to examine the emergence of academic professionalism in Hungarian philosophy.
The paper does not explicitly state a research gap. However, it implies that there is a need for more research on the treatment and assessment of paraphilic disorders.
Abraham Maslow is a well-known figure in the academic world, and much has been written about his life, but little is known about his epistolary relationship with Walter Blumenfeld, a German psychologist who settled in Peru in 1935 and is considered the founder of scientific psychology in that country.
Voices in Dialogue: Unpublished Correspondence Between Walter Blumenfeld (Peru) and Abraham Maslow (United States) · 2026 · DOIAustralian psychology research needs to address its weaknesses and limitations. The study faced challenges in terms of data limitations and restrictions.
There is a need to quantify the growth and describe the current standing of Australian psychology research nationally and internationally. The field's weaknesses and limitations need to be addressed.
The crisis of confidence in research findings in psychology: is lack of replication the real problem? Or is it something else? Arch. Psychology thus represents an interesting case for the history and theory of science, the further investigation of which could not only advance psychology as a discipline but also provide new insights for the history and theory of science.
The quantitative paradigm and the nature of the human mind. The replication crisis as an epistemological crisis of quantitative psychology in view of the ontic nature of the psyche · 2024 · DOIDescribing the actions of APA as “one of the greatest ethical breaches in the history of psychology,” the article discusses APA’s offenses, what has been done about them to date, and what remains to be done.
There is a need to continue revising and improving the Strong Interest Inventory. There is a need to further study the relationship between interest measurement and career decision making.
Future research could explore the concept of clinging instinct in more depth. It could also examine the relation between the psychological field and determinism in more detail.
Future research could explore the implications of the paper's findings for therapeutic practice. The study suggests that further examination of the role of cultural and historical factors in shaping the individual psyche is needed. The paper highlights the need for a more nuanced understanding of the psychoanalytic dissidents' responses to Freud's psychology of religion.
The study highlights the need for a deeper examination of the influence of Bachofen's theory of 'mother right' on the dissidents' work.
There is a need for a more comprehensive understanding of human development and the development of integral functional systems of psychological processes. Vygotsky's theory provides a unique perspective on the development of the mind, emphasizing the role of social interaction.
Now little known in psychology, behaviour settings theory is often further obscured by being presented as a theory only, neglecting the clear methodology Barker provided for investigating the question: 'What do people do in everyday life?' This literature review takes a comprehensive look at Barker's contributions both within and outside of psychology.
Reclaiming behaviour settings: reviewing empirical applications of Barker’s behaviour settings theory · 2024 · DOIWhereas most earlier research was limited to the study of individual adolescents carrying out their developmental tasks (Erikson 1968), an increasing proportion of research now places the biological, cognitive, and emotional development of adolescents in a broader social context.
The techniques used by these attorneys can obstruct justice.
The article also identifies underexplored contributions, including the role of internal conflict and methodologies for studying subjectivity.
The paper does not explicitly identify a research gap, but rather explores Griffith Edwards' work and legacy, - highlighting the significance of his contributions, - and providing a historical context for the development of the addiction…
There is a need to correct the historical record and provide an accurate understanding of Michael Joseph Savage's life - The circumstances of Savage's life have been clouded by myth and conflicting…
Barry Gustafson, From the Cradle to the Grave: A biography of Michael Joseph Savage. (Auckland: Reed Methuen, 1986). · 1987 · DOIThe paper identifies a gap in the understanding of the psychological field and its relation to determinism. It also identifies a gap in the understanding of the clinging instinct and its relation to mother-child relations and social coexistence.
Race is an important consideration for the origin as well as for the for mation of the diseases, even though at present we know very little that is [How] much the damaging influence of natural definite about it selection amounts to, has not yet been investigated…
Most-cited papers in Academic and Historical Perspectives in Psychology
- The two disciplines of scientific psychology. · American Psychologist · 1957 · 1,597 citations
- Beyond the two disciplines of scientific psychology. · American Psychologist · 1975 · 1,286 citations
- The neglected 95%: Why American psychology needs to become less American. · American Psychologist · 2008 · 1,277 citations
- Do studies of statistical power have an effect on the power of studies? · Psychological Bulletin · 1989 · 524 citations
- Psychology as a means of promoting human welfare. · American Psychologist · 1969 · 458 citations
- Psychology's Renaissance · Annual Review of Psychology · 2017 · 387 citations
- The ‘Real-World Approach’ and Its Problems: A Critique of the Term Ecological Validity · Frontiers in Psychology · 2020 · 310 citations
- Behavioral Economics: How Psychology Made Its (Limited) Way Back Into Economics · History of Political Economy · 2004 · 281 citations
- The nature and limits of psychological knowledge: Lessons of a century qua "science." · American Psychologist · 1981 · 246 citations
- The situational interview. · Journal of Applied Psychology · 1980 · 244 citations
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