Putting Psychology in its Place Critical Historical Perspectives

This fourth edition of Putting Psychology in Its Place builds on the previous three in introducing the history of Psychology and placing the discipline within its historical and social contexts. Written by esteemed Psychologists Graham Richards and Paul Stenner, this crucial text aims both to answer and raise questions about the role of Psychology in modern society by critically examining issues such as how Psychology developed and why psychoanalysis had such an impact. It discusses enduringunderlying conceptual problems and examines how the discipline has changed to deal with contemporary social issues such as religion, race and gender. The fourth edition features revised and updated chapters, though the core structure remains unchanged. The final chapter has been restructured and jointly re-written. This text was written to remain compatible with the British Psychological Society requirements for undergraduate courses and is imaginatively written and accessible to all. Putting Psychology in Its Place is an invaluable introductory text for undergraduate students of the history of Psychology and will also appeal to postgraduates, academics and anyone interested in Psychology or the history of science.

Part One Origins and theories 1 1 Introduction: Psychology and history 2 Psychology 1600-1850: Continuity and discontinuity 3 Founding Psychology: Evolution, experimentation, and being scientific 4 William James and the origins of modern Psychology 5 Behaviourism 6 Gestalt Psychology 7 Cognitive Psychology Part Two Some topics 8 Psychology and the brain 9 Looking at perception 10 Memory: some points to remember 11 Emotion: the problem or the whole point? 12 Personality: Psychology and who you are 13 Social Psychology 14 Applied Psychology Part Three Psychology’s subjects 15 Psychology, madness and the meanings of psychological distress 16 Psychological uses of animals 17 Psychology and the child 18 Psychology and gender Part Four Two general issues 19 Psychometrics and the problem of measurement 20 Psychology and language Part Five Four cultural entanglements 21 Funding and institutional factors 22 Psychology meets religion 23 Psychology and ‘race’ 24 Psychology and war Part Six Closure – or not? 25 Closure - or not? Appendix The elephants outside the room List of illustrations Preface to fourth edition Preface to third edition Preface to second edition Preface Name index Subject index

Graham Richards retired from his posts as Director of the British Psychological Society’s History of Psychology Centre and Professor of History of Psychology at Staffordshire University in 2006. His previous publications include Human Evolution: An Introduction for the Behavioral Sciences (2nd ed., 2020), Psychology: The Key Concepts (2008), ‘Race’, Racism and Psychology: Towards a Reflexive History (2nd ed., 2011), On Psychological Language (1989) and Creationism: Design Errors and Cross-Purposes (2014). Paul Stenner is a Professor of Social Psychology at the School of Psychology and Counselling at the Open University, UK. He is Past President of the International Society for Theoretical Psychology and a Fellow of the Academy for Social Science and of the Alexander von Humboldt Stiftung. His recent books include Liminality and Experience: A Transdisciplinary Approach to the Psychosocial (2017), Doing Q Methodological Research: Theory, Method and Interpretation (2012, with S. Watts) andPsychology without Foundations: History, Philosophy and Psychosocial Theory (2009, with S. Brown).