Hakutulokset: Sarja Palgrave Studies in the Theory and History of Psychology
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A New Synthesis for Solving the Problem of Psychology
In this incisive analysis of academic psychology, Gregg Henriques examines the fragmented nature of the discipline and explains why the field has had enormous difficulty specifying …
'The Bell Curve' in Perspective
This open access book examines the implications of The Bell Curve for the social, economic, and political developments of the early 21st century. Following a review of the …
Psychology’s Misuse of Statistics and Persistent Dismissal of its Critics
This book is a strenuous critique of the misinterpretation of statistical knowledge of populations in mainstream psychology, exploring the implications of assuming that those …
Validating Psychological Constructs
This book critically examines the historical and philosophical foundations of construct validity theory (CVT), and how these have and continue to inform and constrain the …
Medicalizing Counselling
This book discusses how counselling, a profession known for diverse and innovative practices, has recently been influenced by scientific, marketplace, and administrative …
The Evolution of Ethics
In this ground-breaking book, Aristotelian and evolutionary understandings of human social nature are brought together to provide an integrative, psychological account of human …
A Critical History of Schizophrenia
Schizophrenia was 20th century psychiatry's arch concept of madness. Yet for most of that century it was both problematic and contentious. This history explores schizophrenia's …
Medicalizing Counselling
This book discusses how counselling, a profession known for diverse and innovative practices, has recently been influenced by scientific, marketplace, and administrative …
Worldmaking: Psychology and the Ideology of Creativity
Michael Hanchett Hanson weaves together the history of the development of the psychological concepts of creativity with social constructivist views of power dynamics and pragmatic …
Psychological Studies of Science and Technology
This book provides a significant contribution to scholarship on the psychology of science and the psychology of technology by showcasing a range of theory and research …
Dialogues at the Edge of American Psychological Discourse
This book explores the discipline of psychology through in-depth dialogues with scholars who have lived at the turbulent edges of mainstream psychology in the USA, and who …
Re-envisioning Theoretical Psychology
This volume presents a re-envisioning of the field of theoretical psychology and offers unique visions for its present and future from leaders of North American philosophical …