Inside Psychology – A Science over 50 years

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(2009), "Inside Psychology – A Science over 50 years", International Journal of Health Care Quality Assurance, Vol. 22 No. 2. https://doi.org/10.1108/ijhcqa.2009.06222bae.003

Inside Psychology – A Science over 50 years

Inside Psychology – A Science over 50 years

Article Type: Recent publications From: International Journal of Health Care Quality Assurance, Volume 22, Issue 2

Patrick RabbittOUPISBN-13: 978-0-19-922876-82008

Keywords: Healthcare advancement, Quality improvement, Historic strategies for healthcare

A rare look back at the history of psychology, written by many of the people who have greatly influenced its direction, providing a fascinating and personal account of the field, it covers all the major subsections of psychology, showing how some areas have flourished whilst others have struggled, and is written to be accessible for anyone interested in psychology from undergraduate level upwards.

The book includes an international team of contributors, making the book of equal interest to those in Europe and the USA.

Psychology is a comparatively young science. From its origins in the psychophysics laboratories of late nineteenth century Germany, it made great strides throughout the twentieth century, and can now be considered one of the most rapidly growing of the sciences, as evidenced by the enormous growth at both undergraduate level and research level.

This book takes a step back to consider just how we got to where we are in psychology. It brings together some of the leading and most influential figures from the past 50 years, covering neuropsychology, social psychology, experimental psychology, perception, physiology and many others.

Each contributor considers the path their own field has taken – both the advances, and the set-backs. They look at how their area has changed – how it might have been “in vogue” one day, and out of fashion the next. The accounts are personal, witty, and provide a much-needed stock-take of just where psychology stands at the start of the twenty-first century, and where it might be heading in the coming years.

Highly accessible, the book will make fascinating reading for anyone at all interested in psychology and its history – from students upwards, as well as those more broadly interested in the study of the mind.

Contents include:

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  “The ups and downs of cognitive psychology: attention and other ‘executive functions’ Psychology in the 1950s: a personal view”.

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  “Learning theory and the cognitive revolution 1961-1971”.

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  “Cognitive science now and then”.

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  “Psycholinguistics in our time”.

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  “A perception of perception”.

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  “Thirty years of object recognition”.

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  “Reasoning”.

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  “Fifty years of memory neuropsychology research: methods 5, theory 2”.

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  “Mental chronometry: long past, bright future”.

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  “A life in grey areas: cognitive gerontology from 1950 to 2007”.

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  “Visual perception 1950-2000”.

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  “Human performance from then to now”.

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  “he perception of time”.

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  “Experimental psychopathology and psychological treatment”.