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The reader will note that I have been urging that psychodynamically informed studies of world events that seek to take unconscious processes into account, need to use the methodology of the social sciences. For example, presenting a protocol of what to look for, as described in Chapter 3, makes the research procedure more understandable to the researcher and to the reader. A Popperian criterion for predicted consequences of assertions, described in Chapter 4, makes validation or invalidation possible. We will see in Chapter 8 that survey and content analysis methods, and thick description, can help in choosing and interpreting data. Chapter 9 will explore a collegial interactive procedure that would permit the creation of deeper meaning through a symbolic interactive process.
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Meyers, W.R. (2015). Integrating Social Science Concepts and Findings into Psychodynamic Inquiry. In: Social Science Methods for Psychodynamic Inquiry. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137524904_5
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