Overview

This fully updated and refreshed 9th edition places social, economic and political forces of change alongside psychology’s internal theoretical and empirical arguments. It utilizes a critical lens to illuminate the way in which the external world has shaped the development of psychology and, in turn, how psychology from antiquity to modernity has shaped society. The text approaches the material from an integrative, rather than wholly linear, perspective, carefully examining how issues in psychology reflect and affect concepts that lie outside the field of psychology’s technical concerns as a science and profession. Key features of this edition include: A newly reconsidered structure, including five additional interludes exploring historical background narratives and the rise of modernity, to allow for flexible and adaptable textbook use. Expanded exploration of the two psychologies: the Way of Ideas, driven by epistemology and unique to Europe, and The Way of Human Nature, a universal concern to find a science of human behavior and its management. Including scientific, applied, and professional psychology, as well as coverage of the social sciences and social policy implications, this book is appropriate for high-level undergraduate and graduate students.

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Author:   Thomas Hardy Leahey (Virginia Commonwealth University, USA)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Edition:   9th edition
Weight:   1.320kg
ISBN:  

9781032539669

ISBN 10:   1032539666
Pages:   628
Publication Date:   27 May 2025
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Part One. Situating Psychology Chapter 1. Introduction Part Two. Psychology Before Psychology: Discovery of the Mind Prelude: The World We Have Lost: EEA to 1688 CE Chapter 2. Antiquity: Locating the Mind Within Chapter 3. Hellenism, Feudalism, and Renaissance: Tending the Soul Part Three. A Science of the Mind Interlude I: Modernity in Mind and the Rise of Science: 1543 to 1915 Chapter 4. The Way of Ideas: Furnishing the Mind Chapter 5. Psychology of Consciousness: Looking Inward Chapter 6. Psychology of Adaptation: Looking Outward Part Four. A Science of Human Nature Interlude II: Modernity, its Disenchantments, and Social Policy: 1-1871 Chapter 7. Social Science before Science: Approaching the Social Problem Chapter 8. Psychology of the Unconscious: Confronting Irrationality Chapter 9. Psychology and Social Science: Managing Modern Life Part Five. Two Psychologies in the Modern World Interlude III: Late Modernity: War, Peace, War, Peace, War 1914 – Chapter 10. Behaviorism: Ostracizing Mind Chapter 11. Cognitive Science: Return of the Prodigal Chapter 12. Applied and Professional Psychology: Treating the Individual Chapter 13. The Psychological Society: Coping with (Post)Modernity Postlude: Reflections on Psychology Today

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Thomas Hardy Leahey received a PhD in Cognitive Psychology from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign under the direction of William F. Brewer. He is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association and the Association for Psychological Science. He has been President of the Society for the History of Psychology (Division 26 of APA), and Society for Theoretical and Philosophical Psychology (Division 24 of the APA). He is also author of Fundamentals of Cognitive Science and co-author (with Grace Evans Leahey) of Psychology’s Occult Doubles: Psychology and the Problem of Pseudoscience. He is Professor Emeritus of Psychology from Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, Virginia.

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