Experiments of the mind : from the cognitive psychology lab to the world of Facebook and Twitter / Emily Martin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Martin, Emily, author.

Series:

Princeton scholarship online.

Princeton scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Psychology, Experimental.

Psychology--Experiments.

Cognitive psychology.

Human experimentation in psychology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 online resource) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2021]

Summary:

Experimental cognitive psychology research is a hidden force in our online lives. We engage with it, often unknowingly, whenever we download a health app, complete a Facebook quiz, or rate our latest purchase. How did experimental psychology come to play an outsized role in these developments? This book considers this question through a look at cognitive psychology laboratories. Emily Martin traces how psychological research methods evolved, escaped the boundaries of the discipline, and infiltrated social media and our digital universe.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

List of Illustrations

Preface

Acknowledgments

Dramatis Personae

Introduction

My Research Questions

The Deep Penetration of Experimental Psychology into Daily Life

Invidious Practices

Road Map

1 Doing This Ethnography

2 Sensing the World

3 Experimenting Scientifically

4 Normalizing Data

5 Delimiting Technologies

6 Stabilizing Subjects

7 Gazing Technologically

8 Practicing Experimental Tasks

9 Envisaging "Productive Thinking"

10 Moving beyond the Lab

11 Entering Social and Digital Media

Notes

References Cited

Index

Notes:

Also issued in print: 2021.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on October 13, 2022).

ISBN:

9780691232072

0691232075

OCLC:

1248600582