{"product_id":"psychology-in-britain-isbn-9781854333322","title":"Psychology in Britain","description":"Drawing on more than 25 contributions, this new book presents both a historical and personal account of British psychology over the last century. The book is divided into two sections: Part 1 contains a collection of historical essays concentrating on institutional beginnings, practical concerns, individual projects and post-war developments. Part 2 looks at the professional reminiscences of 12 senior psychologists.  List of tables and figures.  \u003cp\u003eList of contributors.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eForeword.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction (\u003ci\u003eGeoffrey C. Bunn\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I. Historical Essays.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Edward Cox, the Psychological Society of Great Britain (1875-1879) and the meanings of and institutional failure (\u003ci\u003eGraham Richards\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 A question of 'peculiar important': George Croom Robertson, \u003ci\u003eMind\u003c\/i\u003e and the changing relationship between British psychology and philosophy (\u003ci\u003eFrancis Neary\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 James Scully and scientific psychology, 1870-1910 (\u003ci\u003eLyubov G. Gurjeva\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Three steps to heaven: how the British Psychological Society attained its place in the sun (\u003ci\u003eSandy Lovie\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 The popular, the practical and the professional: psychological identities in Britain, 1901-1950 (\u003ci\u003eMathew Thomson\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Psychology at war, 1914-1945 (\u003ci\u003eJoanna Bourke\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 The psychology of memory (\u003ci\u003eAlan Collins\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Social psychology and social concern in 1930s Britain (\u003ci\u003eMartin Roiser\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Pear and his peers (\u003ci\u003eAlan Costall\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 British psychology and psychoanalysis: the case of Susan Isaacs (\u003ci\u003eJanet Sayers\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 Physiology and psychology, or brain and mind, in the age of C.S. Sherrington (\u003ci\u003eRoger Smith\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 A 'precipitous \u003ci\u003edegringolade\u003c\/i\u003e'? The uncertain progress of British comparative psychology in the twentieth century (\u003ci\u003eDavid Wilson\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13 Science in the clinic: clinical psychology at the Maudsley (\u003ci\u003eMaarten Derksen\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14 'Our friends electric': mechanical models of mind in post-war Britain (\u003ci\u003eRhodri Hayward\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15 Behavioural approaches and the cultivation of competence (\u003ci\u003eKaren Baistow\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II. Personal Reflections.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16 The development of social psychology in Oxford (\u003ci\u003eMichael Argyle\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17 Memories of memory research (\u003ci\u003eAlan Baddeley\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18 Purpose, personality, creativity: a computational adventure (\u003ci\u003eMargaret A. Boden\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19 The joys of psychology (\u003ci\u003eDavid C. Duncan\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e20 The making of a psychologist: a late developer (\u003ci\u003eFay Fransella\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e21 Adventures of a maverick (\u003ci\u003eRichard L. Gregory\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e22 The advent of the methodological critique (\u003ci\u003eRon Harré\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e23 Crossing Cultures (\u003ci\u003eGustav Jahoda\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e24 Taking people seriously: psychology as a listening ear (\u003ci\u003eJohn and Elizabeth Newson\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e25 The emergence of developmental psychopathology (\u003ci\u003eMichael Rutter\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e26 Creativity in research (\u003ci\u003ePeter Wason\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBibliography.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex.\u003c\/p\u003e  \"stimulating and informative ... Readers of these essays and relections will learn much about the different ways that professional psychologists, past and present, have struggled with this mystery of the relationship between mind and body and how each should be scientifically investigated; how they have looked to engineering and technology for models of how the mind might be understood; and how they have sought to apply that understanding to the tasks of developing, educating, healing, controlling, predicting and simulating individual human minds.\" (\u003cb\u003eThomas Dixon\u003c\/b\u003e, University of Cambridge, \u003ci\u003eBJHS, Vol.36, September 2003\u003c\/i\u003e)  \u003cp\u003e\"This volume ... does well to fill many gaps in the patchy record of British psychology, and will provide impetus to boot ... it boasts contributions from some of the finest historians on the British scene, and some of its most important practitioners ... I found most pieces to be high quality, and more than useful in several cases.\" (\u003cb\u003eRoderick D. Buchanan\u003c\/b\u003e, University of Groningen, \u003ci\u003eJournal of the History of the Behavioral Sciences, Vol.39(4), Fall 2003\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cb\u003eContributors:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e G. Richards, F. Neary, G. Lyubov, A. Lovie, M. Thompson, J. Bourke, A. Collins, M. Roiser, A. Costall, J. Sayers, R. Smith, D. Wilson, M. Derksen, R. Hayward, K. Baistow, M. Argyle, A. Baddeley, M. Boden, D. Duncan, F. Fransella, R. Gregory, R. Harre, G. Jahoda, J. Newson, E. Newson, M. Rutter, P. Wason.  Drawing on more than 25 contributions, this new book presents both a historical and personal account of British psychology from 1875 to the present date. The book is divided into two sections: Part 1 contains a collection of historical essays concentrating on institutional beginnings, practical concerns, individual projects and post-war developments. Part 2 looks at the professional reminiscences of 12 senior psychologists and the 'implicit knowledge' that they leave to the next generation of psychologists.  \u003cp\u003ePublished in association with the Science Museum, this book is a celebration of the last century of British psychology, providing insights into how psychology as a discipline may evolve in the future.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47989885665509,"sku":"NP9781854333322","price":74.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781854333322.jpg?v=1761785792","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/psychology-in-britain-isbn-9781854333322","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}