1st Edition

The Crisis in Modern Social Psychology And How to End It

By Ian Parker Copyright 1989
186 Pages
by Routledge

186 Pages
by Routledge

186 Pages
by Routledge

In the late 1960s a ‘crisis’ erupted in social psychology, with many social psychologists highly critical of the ‘old paradigm’, laboratory-experimental approach. Originally published in 1989 The Crisis in Modern Social Psychology was the first book to provide a clear account of the complex body of work that is critical of traditional social psychological approaches. Ian Parker insisted that... Read more

Acknowledgements  Introduction  Part 1: ‘Crises’  1 The Paradigm Crisis  2 The Political Crisis  3 The Conceptual Crisis  Part 2: Responses  4 Ordinary Explanation  5 Social Representations  6 Conversation  Part 3: Alternatives  7 Culture  8 Politics.  Further Reading  References  Index

Biography

Ian Parker