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A History of Modern Psychology in Context
ISBN: 978-0-470-58601-3
February 2010
416 pages
In A History of Modern Psychology in Context, the authors resist the traditional storylines of great achievements by eminent people, or schools of thought that rise and fall in the wake of scientific progress. Instead, psychology is portrayed as a network of scientific and professional practices embedded in specific contexts. The narrative is informed by three key concepts—indigenization, reflexivity, and social constructionism—and by the fascinating interplay between disciplinary Psychology and everyday psychology.
Unique treatment of feminism, race, and indigenous psychologies.
Includes comprehensive coverage of the historical schools of thought (behaviorism, psychoanalysis, Gesalt psychology) which make up the modern discipline
Provides a more detailed and careful treatment of the history of psychology in the last fifty years than competing books, including the emergence of neuroscience (includes a Chapter on Brain and Behavior since 1945)
Accompanied by a test bank for course use