Putting Psychology in its Place
Critical Historical Perspectives
by Graham Richards, Paul Stenner
4th Edition
Publisher: Routledge
Book Details
| Print ISBN | 9780367546342 |
| eText ISBN | 9781000606430 |
| Publisher | Routledge |
| Publishing Year | 2023 |
| Edition | 4th Edition |
| Language | English |
| Pages | 364 |
Putting Psychology in its Place: Critical Historical Perspectives, 4th Edition, introduces the history of psychology while situating the discipline within its broader social frameworks.
The volume critically examines how psychological thought developed, exploring major theoretical traditions alongside enduring underlying conceptual problems. It addresses significant historical developments across the field and considers why psychoanalysis exerted such a notable cultural impact.
Prepared to align with British Psychological Society requirements for undergraduate study, this textbook supports introductory courses while offering critical analysis of interest to postgraduates, academics, and readers studying the history of science.
Table of Contents
Part One: Origins and theories
Chapter 1: Introduction: Psychology and history
Chapter 2: Psychology 1600-1850: Continuity and discontinuity
Chapter 3: Founding Psychology: Evolution, experimentation, and being scientific
Chapter 4: William James and the origins of modern Psychology
Chapter 5: Behaviourism
Chapter 6: Gestalt Psychology
Chapter 7: Cognitive Psychology
Part Two: Some topics
Chapter 8: Psychology and the brain
Chapter 9: Looking at perception
Chapter 10: Memory: some points to remember
Chapter 11: Emotion: the problem or the whole point?
Chapter 12: Personality: Psychology and who you are
Chapter 13: Social Psychology
Chapter 14: Applied Psychology
Part Three: Psychology’s subjects
Chapter 15: Psychology, madness and the meanings of psychological distress
Chapter 16: Psychological uses of animals
Chapter 17: Psychology and the child
Chapter 18: Psychology and gender
Part Four: Two general issues
Chapter 19: Psychometrics and the problem of measurement
Chapter 20: Psychology and language
Part Five: Four cultural entanglements
Chapter 21: Funding and institutional factors
Chapter 22: Psychology meets religion
Chapter 23: Psychology and ‘race’
Chapter 24: Psychology and war
Part Six: Closure – or not?
Chapter 25: Closure - or not?
Chapter Appendix: The elephants outside the room
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