Social psychologists are often criticized for failing to capture the dynamic nature of psychological processes. We present a novel framework to address this problem. The MOVE framework contends that to comprehend complex, contradictory, and divergent patterns of thought, affect, and behavior within changing, real-world contexts, it is necessary to undertake ecologically valid research that is attentive to the lived experiences and meaning-making processes of culturally embedded individuals over time. A focus on meanings, observations, viewpoints, and experiences is essential for social psychological research that holistically captures how people construct, understand, respond, position, and act over time within changing social, economic, and political contexts. To illustrate the utility of our proposition, we draw on classic social psychological studies and multimethod fieldwork during a period of rapid social and political change in Colombia during the peace process (2012–2017). We argue the MOVE framework has the potential to advance psychological understandings of, and contributions to, individuals embedded in real, dynamic social and political contexts. We discuss the implications of this extended social psychological paradigm for advancing psychological science.

社会心理学家经常因未能抓住心理过程的动态本质而受到批评。我们提出了一个新颖的框架来解决这个问题。在MOVE架构声称，理解思想的复杂，矛盾和分歧的模式，影响和行为中的变化，真实世界的背景下，有必要进行生态有效的调查，他细心的生活经验和意义的决策过程随着时间的流逝，具有文化底蕴的个人。对于意义，观察，观点和经验的关注对于社会心理学研究至关重要，该研究从整体上捕捉了人们在不断变化的社会，经济和政治环境中如何构建，理解，回应，定位和行动。为了说明我们的主张的效用，我们借鉴了经典的社会心理学研究和多种方法的实地考察，这些时期是在和平进程期间（2012-2017年）哥伦比亚发生快速的社会和政治变革期间。我们认为，MOVE框架有可能增进人们对嵌入真实，动态的社会和政治环境中的个人的心理理解和贡献。我们讨论了这种扩展的社会心理学范式对推进心理学的意义。