Berscheid E
Department of Psychology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis 55455, USA.
Am Psychol. 1999 Apr;54(4):260-6. doi: 10.1037//0003-066x.54.4.260.
This article briefly outlines the salutary implications for psychology of the development of a science of interpersonal relationships, which has emerged as multidisciplinary in nature and international in scope. Discussed are the potentials of relationship science: to unite psychological scholars with other social, behavioral, and biological scientists; to help integrate many subdisciplines within psychology; to bridge the chasm between researcher and practitioner; to extend knowledge of human behavior to people's daily lives and natural surroundings; and to inform issues of national concern. The realization of these potentials, however, requires transcendence of psychologists' traditional individualistic orientation, as well as more research on the impact of affect on cognition and research on the impact of relationships' exterior environments on their interior dynamics.
本文简要概述了人际关系科学发展对心理学的有益影响，人际关系科学本质上是多学科的，范围是国际性的。文中讨论了关系科学的潜力：将心理学学者与其他社会、行为和生物科学家联合起来；帮助整合心理学内部的许多子学科；弥合研究者与从业者之间的鸿沟；将人类行为知识扩展到人们的日常生活和自然环境中；以及为国家关注的问题提供信息。然而，要实现这些潜力，需要超越心理学家传统的个人主义取向，以及更多关于情感对认知影响的研究和关于关系外部环境对其内部动态影响的研究。
