TY - JOUR AU - Manis, Melvin AB - Social and A Psychology History: Symposium Melvin Manis The of and University Michigan Ann Arbor Veterans Administration Hospital Readers of this will not be that journal surprised to/learn there is some and confusion in the house of social for unhappiness psychology, there have in recent been numerous of the field. Some years critiques have been a that the hard work of disappointed by recognition despite the we have not much in the of past decades, way practical produced knowledge to in the solution of social Other help critics have pressing problems. been concerned that our field indeed have but may practical implications, that are most to be realized in of they likely by people positions power, who use our research or to stabilize and enhance may otherwise) (&dquo;pure&dquo; their at the of the less personal well-being expense powerful. In a more from the matter of some vein, parochial apart applicability, writers have focused on the dominant research trends of the times. Thus, the ethics and content of the to intellectual &dquo;fun-and’games&dquo; approach in which be mounted in the interest of elaborate research, deceptions may &dquo;scientific have been criticized. a serious in- progress,&dquo; widely (Can tellectual be anchored in a TI - Social Psychology and History: A Symposium JF - Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin DO - 10.1177/014616727600200408 DA - 1976-10-01 UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/sage/social-psychology-and-history-a-symposium-OfAryWxNA5 SP - 371 EP - 372 VL - 2 IS - 4 DP - DeepDyve ER -