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Psicothema, 2007. Vol. Vol. 19 (nº 2). 302-307




El lenguaje no es neutral. Comentarios sobre el estilo APA

Juan Delgado Sánchez-Mateos

Universidad de Salamanca

Partiendo del trabajo de Madigan, Johnson y Linton (1995), y de la polémica que le siguió, se revisan algunas características básicas no siempre explícitas del estilo editorial de la American Psychological Association (APA), así como algunas de las objeciones que la sujeción a este estilo suscita en algunos autores. A partir de esa revisión se discuten problemas relacionados con los supuestos que subyacen a ese estilo, con los aspectos éticos de la investigación o con las diferentes posiciones epistemológicas desde las que se investiga en Psicología. En las conclusiones se propone una diferenciación más neta entre los sistemas de indagación científico-técnico y comunicativo-práctico, y la asunción expresa en el propio texto de las responsabilidades éticas de la autoría y el desarrollo de la investigación.

Language is not neutral. Commentary about APA style. Some basic characteristics, not always explicit, of the editorial style proposed by the American Psychological Association (APA), and from the objections posed by some authors who maintain critical positions towards the use of this style, are reviewed, starting with the work of Madigan, Johnson, and Linton (1995) and the subsequent controversy. Starting with this review, problems related to underlying assumptions of the style, with ethical aspects of research, and with the epistemological positions defended by the different traditions of research are discussed. In the conclusions, a simpler differentiation between the scientific-technical and communicative-practical systems of enquiry is proposed, and an explicit commitment, in the text of the report, to the ethical responsibilities derived from the authorship and the development of the research.

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