Hill, Darryl B.

About Psychology : Essays at the Crossroads of History, Theory, and Philosophy. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (191 pages) - SUNY Series, Alternatives in Psychology Series . - SUNY Series, Alternatives in Psychology Series .

Intro -- ABOUT PSYCHOLOGY -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Convergence and Conjunction at the Crossroads by Darryl B. Hill and Michael J. Kral -- 2. Where History, Theory, and Philosophy Meet: The Biography of Psychological Objects by Kurt Danziger -- 3. The Moral Dimension of Psychological Practice, Theory, and Subject Matter by Charles W. Tolman -- 4. Psychotherapists As Crypto-Missionaries: An Exemplar on the Crossroads of History, Theory, and Philosophy by Brent D. Slife, Amy Fisher Smith, and Colin M. Burchfield -- 5. A Theory of Personhood for Psychology by Jack Martin and Jeff Sugarman -- 6. Self-Esteem and the Demoralized Self: A Geneaology of Self Research and Measurement by Scott Greer -- 7. Cultural Turns in Psychology by Karen M. Seeley -- 8. Feminists Rethink Gender by Meredith M. Kimball -- 9. Retrieving the Past for the Future: Boundary Maintenance in Historical and Theoretical Psychology by Henderikus J. Stam -- Contributors -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.

A critical and historical overview of psychology.

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