Conceptual and Historical Issues in Psychology
Conceptual and Historical Issues in Psychology

Author: Brad Piekkola

Publisher: SAGE

Published: 2016-12-07

Total Pages: 385

ISBN-13: 1473987199

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This book covers key movements that helped to shape psychology – from the early philosophical debate between rationalism and empiricism or realists and antirealists through to the emergence of psychology as a science and the ongoing debates about ‘objectivity’ and ‘truth’ and what a science of psychology should be. Often nuanced and complex, the author examines major conceptual issues in the history of psychology that continue to be debated and influence public policy and lay understanding. The latter stages of the book explore notions of individuality, hereditarianism, critical psychology, and feminist perspectives. While deeply rooted in human history, it is made clear that psychology, how it is conceived and practiced, has a bearing on our understanding of what it is to be human. Accessible, objective and above all comprehensive, this book will help students locate psychology in the wider field of science and understand the forces that continue to shape and define it.

Historical and Conceptual Issues in Psychology
Historical and Conceptual Issues in Psychology

Author: Marc Brysbaert

Publisher: Prentice Hall

Published: 2012-09-01

Total Pages: 605

ISBN-13: 9780273743675

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The 2nd edition of Historical and Conceptual issues in Psychology offers a lively and engaging introduction to the main issues underlying the emergence and continuing evolution of psychology.

Theoretical Issues in Psychology
Theoretical Issues in Psychology

Author: Sacha Bem

Publisher: SAGE

Published: 2013-05-22

Total Pages: 418

ISBN-13: 1446281434

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An essential overview of theoretical issues in psychology with pedagogical features to help students identify key terms and concepts.

Key Thinkers in Psychology
Key Thinkers in Psychology

Author: Rom Harre

Publisher: SAGE

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 314

ISBN-13: 9781412903448

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The author presents an accessible textbook combining the personal history of the major protagonists of the last century organised by 'schools of thought', with their significant contributions to the discipline.

A History of Psychology in Ten Questions
A History of Psychology in Ten Questions

Author: Michael Hyland

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2019-12-06

Total Pages: 236

ISBN-13: 1351203010

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This student-friendly book on the history of psychology covers the key historical developments and controversies in all areas of psychology, linking history to the present by focusing on ten conceptual issues that are relevant today. How did psychology become a science, and what kind of science did it become? How do psychologists measure and explain the fact that in some ways everyone is unique? Is psychoanalysis scientific? Why did cognitive science replace behaviorism? This book addresses all these questions and more, covering the whole range of psychology, from neuroscience and artificial intelligence to hermeneutics and qualitative research in the process. Drawing on the author’s experience of how to make the subject interesting for students, the book is structured around ten key questions that engage with all the core areas of psychology and the main schools of thought. Showing how each of the different approaches or paradigms within psychology differ not based on data but on assumptions, Michael Hyland provides an engaging introduction to debates from history and in contemporary society. Including boxed material on hot topics, historical figures, studies/experiments, and quirky facts, this is the ideal book for undergraduate students of psychology taking CHIPS and other history of psychology modules.

Critical Psychology Praxis
Critical Psychology Praxis

Author: Robert K. Beshara

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2021-02-25

Total Pages: 244

ISBN-13: 1000350983

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This collection of chapters advances critical psychology by incorporating praxis (theory and practice) and decolonial streams of thought. They are united around a theme of psychosocial non-alignment to modernity/coloniality. Bringing together a transdisciplinary range of authors from around the world, this edited volume weaves together a spectrum of complex arguments and perspectives to lay the foundations for bridging the Global North–South divide in critical psychology through solidarity and dialogue. The book’s central argument is to emphasize praxis and transdisciplinarity over disciplinary fundamentalism. Psychology is only a starting point and not the end goal of critique in this book; incidentally, some of the authors are not even psychologists. Instead, the book draws on decolonial theoretical resources, such as Chican@ Studies, Black Male Studies, and Critical Pedagogy, to complement traditional theoretical resources like psychoanalysis, Marxism, poststructuralism, and feminism. This groundbreaking text is suitable for scholars and upper-level undergraduate and postgraduate students studying critical discourse, the psychology and philosophy of post-coloniality, conceptual and historical issues in psychology, as well as anthropology and sociology courses engaging with action research.

Naming the Mind
Naming the Mind

Author: Kurt Danziger

Publisher: SAGE

Published: 1997-05-06

Total Pages: 226

ISBN-13: 9780803977631

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In this work, the author explains how modern psychology found its language by examining the historically changing structure of psychological discourse and offering an analysis of the recent evolution of the concepts and categories on which the quality of psychological discourse depends.

The Philosophy of Psychology
The Philosophy of Psychology

Author: William O′Donohue

Publisher: SAGE

Published: 1996-10-30

Total Pages: 416

ISBN-13: 0857026127

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This major text provides the first comprehensive anthology of the key topics arising in the philosophy of psychology. Bringing together internationally renowned authors, including Herb Simon, Karl Pribram, Joseph Rychlak, Ullin T Place and Adolf Gr[um]unbaum, this volume offers a stimulating and informative addition to contemporary debate. With the cognitive revolution of the 1960s, there has been a resurgence of interest in the study of the philosophical assumptions and implications of psychology. Several significant themes, such as the foundations of knowledge, behaviourism, rationality, emotion and cognitive science span both philosophy and psychology, and are covered here along with a wide range of issues in the fields of folk psychology, clinical psychology, neurophysiology and professional ethics.

The Psychology Book
The Psychology Book

Author: Wade E. Pickren

Publisher: Union Square + ORM

Published: 2014-05-20

Total Pages: 1157

ISBN-13: 1402792352

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This “profusely and beautifully illustrated” historical survey of psychology from prehistory to modern times is “ideal” and “highly recommended.” (Midwest Book Review) What could be more fascinating than the workings of the human mind? This stunningly illustrated survey in Sterlings Milestones series chronicles the history of psychology through 250 landmark events, theories, publications, experiments, and discoveries. Beginning with ancient philosophies of well-being, it touches on such controversial topics as phrenology, sexual taboos, electroshock therapy, multiple personality disorder, and the nature of evil.

Theoretical Issues in Psychology
Theoretical Issues in Psychology

Author: Sacha Bem

Publisher: SAGE

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 332

ISBN-13: 9780761942016

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This thoroughly revised edition of the classic textbook explores a wide range of problems in psychology, philosophy, cognitive and brains sciences, identifying the major topics, debates, and controversies and presenting them in a balanced and accessible manner for students.