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

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 enduring underlying 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.