On the Methods of Identifying Scientific Traditions in Psychology

The article is a replica in the discussion that unfolded on the pages of the journal about scientific traditions in psychology as one of the mechanisms of continuity (Yu.N. Oleinik, A.L. Zhuravlev). The article focuses on methods for identifying scientific traditions, suggesting that methods developed and tested to identify scientific schools may be useful in identifying scientific traditions. The possibility of using expert questionnaires to identify traditions is shown. A qualitative analysis of the institutional forms of the identified traditions and the specifics of the activities of their representatives supported the assumption of the existence of various traditions in military psychology, differing in methodological attitudes and methodological apparatus, institutions and activities. It is noted that in order to correctly select the methodological apparatus for identifying and fixing scientific traditions, it is necessary to differentiate the concepts of "scientific school" and "scientific tradition".