A Social History of Psychology [Paperback]

A Social History of Psychology documents the rise of psychology in the 20th century and its growing influence on Western society. The book focuses on practical, or 'applied', psychology and examines the causes and social consequences of psychology’s omnipresence in our society.

• Documents the rise of psychology in the 20th century and its growing influence on Western society
• Contains contributions that focus on psychology as a social enterprise, written by researchers with extensive experience teaching the history of psychology
• Focuses on practical psychology rather than academic theory and provides a detailed account of the development of various branches of professional psychology
• Provides a clear and insightful historical background for understanding contemporary developments within applied psychology

Preface.

Introduction: Peter van Drunen and Jeroen Jansz.

1. Psychology and society; an overview: Jeroen Jansz.

2. Childrearing and education: Peter van Drunen and Jeroen Jansz.

3. Madness and mental health: Ruud Abma.

4. Work and organisation: Peter van Drunen, Pieter J. van Strien, and Eric Haas.

5. Culture and ethnicity: Paul Voestermans and Jeroen Jansz.

6. Delinquency and law: Ido Weijers.

7. Social orientations: Jaap van Ginneken.

Epilogue: Peter van Drunen and Jeroen Jansz.

About the authors.

Index.

Finally, for those teachers of history of psychology willing to assign a challenging text and supplement it with primary and secondary sources, a multi-authored textbook has arrived that they can be proud of...one must salute the writers of this path-breaking new history...hopefully it will find widespread adoption lã-