نوع مقاله : ترویجی
نویسنده
استادیار سیاستگذاری علم و فناوری ،موسسه تحقیقات سیاست علمی کشور، تهران، ایران
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کلیدواژهها
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عنوان مقاله [English]
نویسنده [English]
Science and technology policy is naturally recognized as an interdisciplinary field of study: like a crossroad of different social sciences. However, it seems that some disciplines within the family of social sciences have had more opportunity to show their potential capacities in this interdisciplinary field and prove their abilities within this area. The psychology of science is the least developed member of the family of science studies. It is growing, however, increasingly into a promising discipline. After a very brief review of this emerging sub-field of psychology, I call for it to be invited into the collection of social sciences which constitute the interdisciplinary field of science policy. Discussing the classic issue of resource allocation, I try to indicate how prolific a new psychological conceptualization of this problem would be. Further, from a psychological perspective, I will argue in favor of a more realistic conception of science which would be complement to the existing one in science policy. The management of aggregate scientific behavior of a nation, including quantity and quality of scientific production, can be improved by adding to the knowledge base of managers a systematic comprehension of biological, developmental, cognitive, personality, and social variables that influence scientific behavior. The introspective and participation methods in psychology can add to the statistical and objective investigations of science the possibility of understanding and interpreting the internal environment of science as it is. This equips policy makers with some sort of conservatism which may be useful against periodical waves of radical change.
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