Doctoral Dissertation Research: Legitimation Networks in Fringe and Normal Sciences

博士论文研究：边缘科学和师范科学中的合法化网络

• 批准号: 9801627
• 负责人: Michael Lovaglia
• 金额: $ 0.75万
• 依托单位: University of Iowa
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1998
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1998-04-15 至 2000-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9801627&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Doctoral; Dissertation; Research; Legitimation; Networks

The legitimacy of persons or groups is important in determining their share of resources in any political, social or economic system. The more legitimate the person or group, the greater their potential share of society's resources. Previous research has focused on the consequences of legitimacy for different sorts of social units and outcomes. This project instead examines the mechanisms by which groups attain and maintain legitimacy. Our theory proposes that legitimacy is heightened to the degree that there is both high solidarity, based on intra-group ties, and a high incidence of `endorsement ties` received by the group from outside. We will test this theory using sociometric data gathered through interviews and questionnaires administered to members of two academic fields, parapsychology and the psychology of human cognition and perception. We have already collected data from nearly all of the leading parapsychologists. In this project we will gather comparable data from leading psychologists of human cognition and perception and will use the two data sets to test our theory.

人或团体的合法性对于确定其在任何政治，社会或经济体系中的资源份额很重要。 个人或团体越合法，他们在社会资源中的潜在份额就越大。 先前的研究集中在合法性对不同种类的社会单位和成果的后果上。 相反，该项目研究了群体获得合法性的机制。 我们的理论提出，基于团体内部领带和该小组从外部收到的“认可纽带”的高发病率的合法性提高到具有高度团结的程度。 我们将使用通过访谈和问卷调查收集的社会计量数据来检验这一理论，这些数据和问卷调查对两个学术领域的成员，超心理学以及人类认知和感知的心理学。 我们已经从几乎所有领先的超心理学家那里收集了数据。 在这个项目中，我们将从人类认知和感知的主要心理学家那里收集可比的数据，并将使用两个数据集来测试我们的理论。