A History of “Relevance” in Psychology

• Main Author: Long, Wahbie (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2016.
• Series: Palgrave Studies in the Theory and History of Psychology
• Subjects: Psychology.; Personality.; Social psychology.; Cross-cultural psychology.; Critical psychology.; History of Psychology.; Critical Psychology.; Cross Cultural Psychology.; Personality and Social Psychology.

Palgrave Studies in the Theory and History of Psychology Series Editor: Jack Martin, Burnaby Mouthain Endowed Professor of Psychology, Simon Fraser University, Canada This book represents the first attempt to historicise and theorise appeals for ‘relevance’ in psychology. It argues that the persiste...

Table of Contents:

• Chapter 1. Introduction
• Chapter 2. A History of 'Relevance'
• Chapter 3. Theorizing 'Relevance'
• Chapter 4. Themes in South African Psychology (1948-2011)
• Chapter 5. 'Relevance' and the SAPA-PIRSA Split
• Chapter 6. Science and Society in the Time of SAPA (1948-1961)
• Chapter 7. The Rise and Fall of 'Ethnic-National Relevance (1963-1977)
• Chapter 8. The Quest for 'Social Relevance' (1978-1993)
• Chapter 9. 'Relevance' in the Post-Apartheid Era (1994-2011)
• Chapter 10. Conclusion. .