In this episode we talk about situationism in psychology. What are some of the different definitions of situationism? Is it a theory? An agenda? An ideology? We talk about the evidence for various assumptions or predictions of situationism, the historical and political context in which it arose, the relation of situationist ideas to a historical rift between social and personality psychologists, and how situationism affects the field today. Plus: We respond to a letter about planning new research when you have doubts about what you are building on.
Links:
Jedi Counsel episode "Ask Us Anything", where two actual clinicial psychologists respond to our previous letter from a clinical graduate student about podcasting
The Actor–Observer Asymmetry in Attribution: A (Surprising) Meta-Analysis, by Bertram Malle
About Situationism at the Situationist blog
Simine's letter to Invisibilia

The Black Goat is hosted by Sanjay Srivastava, Alexa Tullett, and Simine Vazire. Find us on the web at www.theblackgoatpodcast.com, on Twitter at @blackgoatpod, on Facebook at facebook.com/blackgoatpod/, and on instagram at @blackgoatpod. You can email us at letters@theblackgoatpodcast.com. You can subscribe to us on iTunes.
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This is episode 37. It was recorded June 18, 2018.