PSYCHOLOGY'S TERRITORIES Historical and Contemporary Perspectives from Different Disciplines

ASH, Mitchell & STURM, Thomas (eds) foreword Paul B. Baltes

ISBN 10: 080586136X / ISBN 13: 9780805861365

Published by Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Mahwah, N.J. & London, 2007

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xxviii+374; virtually mint but sl.bump bottom corner front joint. This was the 'final publication' of Interdisciplinary Working Groiup 'Psychological Thought and Practice in Historical and Interdisciplinary Perspective' sponsored by the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities 2000-2004 (see foreword). Contents range very widely from experiemntal method via free will, the self and neuroscience to cognitive science. Size: 16 Cms x 23 Cms.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: PSYCHOLOGY'S TERRITORIES Historical and Contemporary Perspectives from Different Disciplines
• Publisher: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Mahwah, N.J. & London
• Publication Date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 080586136X
• ISBN 13: 9780805861365
• Binding: Glossy Boards
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Condition: As New
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket (none issued)
• Seller catalogs:
  • Biology & Physiology (inc. Brain)
  • Psychology & Human Sciences

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Synopsis

What are the conceptual and practical territories of psychology? How have the boundaries of psychological thought, research and practice developed in history, and how might they be renegotiated today? This volume presents new approaches to these questions, resulting from a three-year collaboration among internationally known psychologists, neuroscientists, social scientists, and historians and philosophers of science from Germany and the United States under the auspices of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities. The authors reflect critically on past and present views of psychology by focusing on three broad topic areas: How have psychological concepts been used in disciplines such as psychology, philosophy, or neuroscience, as well as daily life? Has the use of instruments in psychological research expanded or restricted the discipline’s reach? And, how have psychological thinking and research worked in practical contexts? The volume investigates separations between, as well as interactions among, psychology and its neighboring fields and tries to overcome disciplinary distinctions in exemplary ways. The contributions aim to make historical and philosophical studies of psychology relevant to contemporary concerns, and to show how psychology can profit from better interdisciplinary cooperation–thus improving mutual understanding between different scientific cultures.

About the Author

Mitchell Ash and Thomas Sturm