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1 online resource. |
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Annals of theoretical psychology ; 14 |
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Annals of theoretical psychology (Springer (Firm)) ; 14.
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| Contents |
Theory and practice. History of¡psychology : what for? / Roger Smith ; The universal and¡the¡particular in¡psychology and¡the¡role of¡history in¡explaining both / Adrian C. Brock ; Six meanings of the history of science : the case of psychology / Aaro Toomela ; Beyond the¡"variables" : developing metalanguage for¡psychology / Jaan Valsiner and Svend Brinkmann ; 5: The shackles of¡practice : history of¡psychology, research assessment, and¡the¡curriculum / Alan Collins and Geoff Bunn ; History for¡polycentric" psychological science : an¡"outsider's" case / Irina Mironenko -- History at Work. The dominant as¡a¡model of¡chronogenic change : the¡relevance of¡A.¡A. Ukhtomsky's and¡L.¡S. Vygotsky's traditions for¡systemic cognitive studies / Andres Kurismaa and Lucia P. Pavlova ; Constructiveness in the history of psychology : Frederic Bartlett from past to future / Brady Wagoner ; A history of psychologys complicated relationship to feminism : theorizing difference / H. Lorraine Radtke and Henderikus J. Stam ; Autonomy, theory, and “applied” versus “basic”: work psychology and its search for identity in Finland, ca. 19452000 / Petteri Pietikäinen ; Subjectivity in psychology : a systematic or a historical challenge? / Sven Hroar Klempe -- Commentary. Commentary 1 : Functions and trends in the history of psychology / Annette Mülberger ; Commentary 2 : The past and the history of psychology / Sergio Salvatore. |
| Summary |
This book offers a comprehensive overview of the purpose of history for psychology. Its purpose is to ask why history should be of concern to psychologists in teaching and research, and in theory and in practice. The future position of humanities subjects is currently highly debated on all fronts. Chapters focus on the arguments from psychologists, upgrade the precision and quality of discussion, and thus, provide a base for affirming the place of history of psychology in the broad field of psychological activity. A fundamental question dominates the discussion. Is the purpose of the history of psychology to serve current psychology, rather than to contribute to historical knowledge -- and to enter large debates about what historical knowledge means for being human? If the answer is yes, as most psychologists who come to the issues will presume, in what ways? Are these ways philosophically grounded, or do the social and political conditions of power and funding in universities dominate the arguments? In this volume, the contributors demonstrate the relation between historical investigations and current practice. Featured topics include: The history of psychology and its relation to feminism. The history of psychology and its relation to current research assessment and curriculum. The history of science and its relation to psychology. The metalanguage for psychology. Case studies of history in theory construction. Centrality of History for Theory Construction in Psychology will be of interest to psychologists, professors, graduate psychology students, and scholars in the human sciences. |
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Psychology -- Historiography.
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Psychology.
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Cognitive psychology.
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Psychology -- Historiography.
(OCoLC)fst01081470
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Smith, Roger, editor.
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| Other Form: |
Original 9783319427591 3319427598 (OCoLC)952384189 |
| ISBN |
3319427601 (ebk) |
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9783319427607 |
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3319427598 |
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9783319427591 |
| Standard No. |
10.1007/978-3-319-42760-7 doi |
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