Description
Book SynopsisThis fourth edition of Putting Psychology in Its Place builds on the previous three in introducing the history of Psychology and placing the discipline within its historical and social contexts.
Written by esteemed Psychologists Graham Richards and Paul Stenner, this crucial text aims both to answer and raise questions about the role of Psychology in modern society by critically examining issues such as how Psychology developed and why psychoanalysis had such an impact. It discusses enduring underlying conceptual problems and examines how the discipline has changed to deal with contemporary social issues such as religion, race and gender. The fourth edition features revised and updated chapters, though the core structure remains unchanged. The final chapter has been restructured and jointly re-written. This text was written to remain compatible with the British Psychological Society requirements for undergraduate courses and is imaginatively written and accessible to a
Table of Contents
List of figures. List of tables. Preface to fourth edition. Preface to third edition. Preface to second edition. Preface. Part I: Origins and theories. 1. Introduction: Psychology and history. 2. Psychology 1600-1850: Continuity and discontinuity. 3. Founding Psychology: Evolution, experimentation and being scientific. 4. William James and the origins of modern Psychology. 5. Behaviourism. 6. Gestalt Psychology. 7. Cognitive Psychology. Part II: Some topics. 8. Psychology and the brain. 9. Looking at perception. 10. Memory: some points to remember. 11. Emotion: the problem or the whole point. 12. Personality: Psychology and who you are. 13. Social Psychology. 14. Applied Psychology. Part III: Psychology’s subjects. 15. Psychology, madness and the meanings of psychological distress. 16. Psychological uses of animals. 17. Psychology and the child. 18. Psychology and gender. Part IV: Two general issues. 19. Psychometrics and the problem of measurement. 20. Psychology and language. Part V: Four cultural entanglements. 21. Funding and institutional factors. 22. Psychology meets religion. 23. Psychology and ‘race’. 24. Psychology and war. Part VI: Conclusion. 25. Closure - or not?. Appendix: The elephants outside the room. Index.
