This volume presents a carefully reasoned, rigorous critique of mainline academic psychology. From the professional beginnings of their discipline, contend the authors, American psychologists have made two promises: that psychology would be treated as a natural science and that its application to socialmainly educationalreform would be as effective as that of the more physical sciences to technological change. Underlying these promises is the liberal consensus, the belief that social problems are to be solved by improvements in educational methods. Put to the test during the affluence of the 1950s and 1960sthe years of the liberal consensusthese promises were never kept, maintain the authors. Their provocative study provides a variety of reasons why the goal was unattained, and is even unattainable. The book will be of interest to psychologists, sociologists, professional educators, and students of social change.
- ISBN10 0889208999
- ISBN13 9780889208995
- Publish Date 1 January 2006 (first published 30 November 1983)
- Publish Status Transferred
- Publish Country CA
- Imprint Wilfrid Laurier University Press
- Format eBook
- Pages 164
- Language English