History of Modern Psychology in Context

A fresh look at the history of psychology placed in its social, political, and cultural contexts A History of Modern Psychology in Context presents the history of modern psychology in the richness of its many contexts. 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 temporal, social, political, and cultural 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. The authors complicate the notion of who is at the center and who is at the periphery of the history of psychology by bringing in actors and events that are often overlooked in traditional accounts. They also highlight how the reflexive nature of Psychology a science produced both by and about humans accords history a prominent place in understanding the discipline and the theories it generates. Throughout the text, the authors show how Psychology and psychologists are embedded in cultures that indelibly shape how the discipline is defined and practiced, the kind of knowledge it creates, and how this knowledge is received. The text also moves beyond an exclusive focus on the development of North American and European psychologies to explore the development of psychologies in other indigenous contexts, especially from the mid-20th-century onward.

Auteur

Wade E. Pickren, PhD, is the Historian of the American
Psychological Association. For eight years, Wade was both APA
Historian and Director of Archives. He is currently on the
psychology faculty at Ryerson University in Toronto and continues
to serve as APA Historian.

Alexandra Rutherford, PhD, is Associate Professor of
psychology in the History and Theory of Psychology Graduate Program
at York University. She is the official historian of the Society
for the Psychological Study of Social Issues and the Heritage Chair
of the Society for the Psychology of Women.

Résumé

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 conceptsindigenization, reflexivity, and social constructionismand by the fascinating interplay between disciplinary Psychology and everyday psychology.

Contenu

CHAPTER 1 ORIGINS OF A SCIENCE OF MIND 3

CHAPTER 2 EVERYDAY LIFE AND PSYCHOLOGICAL PRACTICES 24

CHAPTER 3 SUBJECT MATTER, METHODS, AND THE MAKING OF A NEW SCIENCE 42

CHAPTER 4 FROM PERIPHERY TO CENTER: CREATING AN AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGY 71

CHAPTER 5 THE PRACTICE OF PSYCHOLOGY AT THE INTERFACEWITH MEDICINE 94

CHAPTER 6 PSYCHOLOGISTS AS TESTERS: APPLYING PSYCHOLOGY, ORDERING SOCIETY 118

CHAPTER 7 AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCE AND PRACTICE BETWEEN THE WORLD WARS 148

CHAPTER 8 PSYCHOLOGY IN EUROPE BETWEEN THE WORLD WARS 178

CHAPTER 9 THE GOLDEN AGE OF AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGY 208

CHAPTER 10 INTERNATIONALIZATION AND INDIGENIZATION OF PSYCHOLOGY AFTERWORLD WAR II 238

CHAPTER 11 FEMINISM AND AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGY: THE SCIENCE AND POLITICS OF GENDER 262

CHAPTER 12 INCLUSIVENESS, IDENTITY, AND CONFLICT IN LATE 20TH-CENTURY AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGY 288

CHAPTER 13 BRAIN, BEHAVIOR, AND COGNITION SINCE 1945 310