Psychology of Science

Abstract

This book attempts to describe the influence of psychological processes on the creation of science. Although implicit processes have attracted some attention, most prior work in this area has emphasized the role of explicit reasoning in science. Contemporary research in psychology has tended to emphasize the importance of implicit processes in decision making and choice, and it has provided evidence that performance of many tasks involves a complex relationship between implicit and explicit processes. The book includes chapters from leaders in the emerging discipline of the psychology of science and from various other individuals who are experts on the roles of implicit and explicit processes in thinking. The book has a novel emphasis on the role of implicit processes in the creation of scientific knowledge and on recent findings and theorizing that will allow development of a closer relation between the psychology of science and psychology more generally. Understanding implicit processes, and how they relate to explicit cognitive processes, is essential to issues in a variety of areas of psychology including cognitive psychology, social psychology, developmental psychology, and neuroscience.

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