Synopses & Reviews
The book represents the first attempt to summarize the major factors in the ongoing debate on ideology and psychology. The contributions on historical development focus on concrete research areas, and show the importance of the social context and ideology in the development of psychology. The contrast between positivist and dialectical psychology is a major contribution reflected in many of the chapters. Suggestions are also made for new alternatives to assist in the orientation of psychology.
Table of Contents
Prolegomena for a history of social psychology / Erika Apfelbaum -- History, origin myth, and ideology / Franz Samelson -- Fifty years of frustration and aggression / Ian Lubek -- Attribution theory / William K. Apao -- The unnamed teleology in the technology of behavioral conditioning / Joseph F. Rychlak -- The psychology, history, and ideology of the self / John M. Broughton -- Renaming the world / Leon Rappoport -- Psychology and self reflection / Michael W. Roffe -- Development of theory, the dialectic in behaviorism and humanism / Knud S. Larsen -- Counter examples, boundary conditions, and research strategy in social psychology / Stanley Heshka -- The critique of ideology / Edward Jones -- Emancipatory social psychology as a paradigm for the study of minority groups / Henry L. Minton.