The book provides an argument why realism is a viable metatheoretical framework for psychological science. By looking at some variations of realism such as scientific realism, critical realism, situational realism and Ferraris' new realism, a realist view of science is outlined that can feature as a metatheory for psychological science. Realism is a necessary correction for the mythical image of science responsible for and maintained by a number of dichotomies and polarities in psychology. Thus...
From an "illuminating and entertaining" (The New York Times) young writer, the story that explores the fateful intersection of two men at the Tokyo war crimes trial that followed World War II: a Japanese nationalist charged with war crimes and the American doctor assigned to determine his sanity-and thus his fate. In the wake of World War II, the Allied forces charged twenty-eight Japanese men with crimes against humanity. Correspondents at the Tokyo trial thought the evidence fell most heavily...
Ten Days in a Mad-House/ Miscellaneous Sketches (annotated)
by Nellie Bly
Maggie, a Girl of the Streets: Webster's German Thesaurus Edition
by Stephen Crane
A Curious Madness: An American Combat Psychiatrist, a Japanese War Crime
by Eric Jaffe
Kinsey Crimes and Consequences
by Judith A Reisman and Alfred Moreschi
* When and under what influences did scientific psychology originate in different parts of the world? * What are the intra- and international/regional sources of influence that have affected its development into the present form? These questions were applied to three regions and three countries, which were as follows (the names of the authors in charge are in parentheses): Latin American countries (Juan Jose Sanchez-Soza, Mexico), Scandinavian countries (Ingvar Lundberg, Sweden), German-speaking...
The Emergence of Psychology
It might be thought that writings on psychological topics produced by British thinkers between 1840 and 1914 are today only of interest as intellectual antiques; amusing but no longer relevant. Such a view is quickly dissolved if one reads these works in full. They make the transition from folk psychology, theological views on human nature and metaphysical speculation to an empirical and scientific study of the human mind both boldly and effectively. However, they do much more than this - they...
Psychology Library Editions: Neuropsychology (Psychology Library Editions: Neuropsychology)
by Various
Neuropsychology is the study of the relationship between behaviour, emotion, and cognition on the one hand, and brain function on the other. Psychology Library Editions: Neuropsychology (12 Volume set) presents titles, originally published between 1981 and 1993, covering a variety of areas within neuropsychology, a relatively new discipline at the time, as it firmly established itself within the field of psychology. It includes contributions from well-respected academics, many still active in ne...
History of Psychology in Autobiography (History of Psychology in Autobiography, #5)
Psychology in India Revisited - Developments in the Discipline (Psychology in India)
Psychology in India Revisited - Developments in the Discipline is based on the fourth national survey of research in psychology and presents a current, analytical and critical review of basic and applied psychology.
Explorations in the History of Psychology in America
This collection of monographs traces the development of psychology in the United States from the 1630s to the present, describing and explaining the influence of European and indigenous doctrines and methods, and chronicling the process from meager beginnings to world leadership in the field. Illustrated.