ABSTRACT
The objective of this essay is to indicate limits and advances obtained by social psychology, as it is delimited by the Critical Theory of Society, especially by T.W. Adorno, through some empirical studies developed since the 1990s in our country. To achieve this goal, the essay was divided in three parts. In the first one, we discuss about the discipline of social psychology, from the Critical Theory of Society viewpoint. In the second part, the importance of the empirical research for the Critical Theory is emphasized. Finally, in the last part, some results of the mentioned above researches are presented, indicating confirmation or not of previous results obtained by the authors of the Critical Theory of the Society and the empirical contribution that these data bring to this Theory.
Keywords:
social psychology; critical theory of society; empirical research