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A Bibliometric Analysis of the Cognitive Turn in Psychology

Engelen, Jan and Verhaegh, Sander and Collignon, Loura and Pannu, Gurpreet (2022) A Bibliometric Analysis of the Cognitive Turn in Psychology. [Preprint]

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Abstract

We analyzed co-citation patterns in 332.498 articles published in Anglophone psychology journals between 1946 and 1990 to estimate (1) when cognitive psychology first emerged as a clearly delineated subdiscipline, (2) how fast it grew, (3) to what extent it replaced other (e.g., behaviorist) approaches to psychology, (4) to what degree it was more appealing to scholars from a younger generation, and (5) whether it was more interdisciplinary than alternative traditions. We detected a major shift in the structure of co-citation networks between approximately 1955 and 1975 and draw novel conclusions about the developments commonly referred to as ‘the cognitive turn’.


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Engelen, Janj.a.a.engelen@tilburguniversity.edu
Verhaegh, Sandera.a.verhaegh@tilburguniversity.edu
Collignon, Louraloura.collignon@gmail.com
Pannu, Gurpreetgurpreet.s.pannu@gmail.com
Keywords: Cognitive Psychology Cognitive Science Behaviorism Cognitive Turn Cognitive Revolution Bibliometrics Scientometrics History of Science History of Psychology Scientific Revolution
Subjects: General Issues > History of Philosophy of Science
General Issues > History of Science Case Studies
Specific Sciences > Psychology
General Issues > Social Epistemology of Science
General Issues > Theory Change
Depositing User: Dr Sander Verhaegh
Date Deposited: 21 May 2022 03:48
Last Modified: 21 May 2022 03:48
Item ID: 20632
Subjects: General Issues > History of Philosophy of Science
General Issues > History of Science Case Studies
Specific Sciences > Psychology
General Issues > Social Epistemology of Science
General Issues > Theory Change
Date: 19 May 2022
URI: https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/20632

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