Psychology in Contemporary China

Psychology in Contemporary China focuses on the advancement of psychology in China and the different areas to which this field is applied.
The book proceeds by outlining the evolution, nature, and characteristics of Chinese psychology. The text then points out that studies on this discipline is generally difficult, because of the lack of publication of resources in English. The process of learning this field is often done through visitations, with specialists going to China to conduct research and lectures.
The text investigates the evolution of psychology in China, as well as its progress through education. The relationship of this discipline with political and social concerns is highlighted, and the progress of this field in universities in China is emphasized. The practice of psychology in China is somewhat limited. This lack is expressed by the fact that psychologists avoid questions that have political content. An examination of the attitudes of Chinese is also presented, and their views on individuality, self-criticism, violence, child-rearing, religion, and modernization are discussed.
The book is of great importance for scholars and readers who research on the evolution, growth, and contributions of psychology to society.

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List of Tables
1 "Over the Hill Lies China"
Foreign Exchanges
Recent Developments
2 Chinese Psychology
3 Western Materials on Chinese Psychology
The Chinese Abroad
Visitors to China
'Oriental Psychology'
China's New Period
Educational Delegations
Psychiatric Visits
Recurrent Themes
4 Western Sources in China
Tsao's Criticism
The Institute Library
Foreign Imports
5 Chinese Criticism of the West
On the Methodology of Psychological Research
On the Criticisms, and Successes in Psychology
A Preliminary Criticism of the Behaviorism of J. B. Watson
Critical Comments on Gestalt Psychology
A Criticism of Gestalt Psychology and Its Learning Theory
Critique of Modern Bourgeois Social Psychology
Critique of Several Viewpoints on Social Problems in Bourgeois Social Psychology
Wundt's Contribution to the Science of Psychology at Heidelberg
6 Psychology as a Natural Science
Early History
The Period of Reform
Natural Science, and Theories in Psychology
The Position of Psychology in the System of Science
Chinese Histories
A General Review of Psychology in China
Ten Years' Development in Chinese Psychology
A Middle Period of Prosperity
The Destruction and Rehabilitation of Psychology
Thirty Years of Chinese Psychology
Thirty Years of Chinese Theoretical Psychology
In the New Period
7 Chinese Theories
How Pavlov Looked at Psychic Activity
Learning Mao Tse-Tung Thought and Raising the Scientific Level of Psychology
Learn Mao Tse-Tung thought to Raise the Theoretical Level of Psychology
On the Fundamental Viewpoints of Psychology
What Does Psychology Investigate?
Contradiction in Psychological Phenomena
Some Problems of the Nature of Psychology
Methodology in Psychology Needs a Revolution
On the Class Nature of Psychological Phenomena
The Historical Teaching of Psychology
A. H. Leontiev's Theory of Activity
Never Forget Class Struggle
8 Psychology and Society
Other Previously Forbidden Areas
Sociology
Political and Social Facts
Hold on to Scientific Experimentation in Psychology
Individual or System Blame?
Psychology in the New Period
On the Modernization of Psychology in China: Fundamental Theoretical Viewpoint and Methodology
Historical Lessons Should be Borne in Mind: Analysis of the 1958 Campaign to Criticize Psychology
Chinese Psychology in the New Period of Development
Psychology in the Service of the Four Modernizations
How Psychology can be of Service to Socialist Reconstruction
9 The Chinese Literature
The Advantages of Streamed Classes
Textbooks on Psychology
Psychiatry
Acupuncture
Acta Psychologica Sinica
10 Some Specific Findings in Education and Psychiatry
English Language Text Books
Teaching and Learning
Genius
Child Study
The Theory of Child Development in the Light of Marxism
An Analysis of the Aims and Purpose of Children's Study
The Principles of Class Analysis Must be Applied in Research on the Psychology of Moral Education
Psychology in Teacher Training
Beijing University
Beijing Normal University
Shanghai Normal University
Shanxi Normal University
The People's University in Beijing
Psychiatric Facilities in Shanxi Province
Religion
11 Chinese Attitudes
Intelligence and Ability
Motivation
Individuality
Criticism and Self-criticism
Leisure
Violence
Sex and Child-Rearing
Religion and Death
Class
The Leadership
Modernization
Photography
The Conception of Nations
Collaborative Studies
12 In Conclusion, "Friendship First and Competition Second"
Appendix: Table of Contents of Acta Psychologica Sinica
References
Name Index
Subject Index