Arocha offers a compelling take on the shortfalls associated with the predominant use of inferential statistics in behavioural research. We will show how the author draws upon an idealized view of the mature sciences. Rather than chasing subject-independent reality, we propose that a more fruitful approach to studying behavior lies in considering the reality of sociocommunally constituted human experience. Recognizing the interindividual, symbolic nature of human reality makes way for the discipline to address irreducible human-symbolic ontologies. Further, utilizing multiple symbolic systems enables critique essential for progress in science.

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科学心理学实践中的现实主义和符号系统

Arocha 对与在行为研究中主要使用推理统计相关的不足提出了令人信服的看法。我们将展示作者如何利用成熟科学的理想化观点。与其追逐独立于学科的现实，我们建议更富有成效的研究行为的方法在于考虑社会共同构成的人类经验的现实。认识到人类现实的个体间的、象征性的本质，为该学科解决不可约的人类符号本体开辟了道路。此外，利用多个符号系统可以进行对科学进步必不可少的批判。