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Shaping Psychology

Perspectives on Legacy, Controversy and the Future of the Field

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Authors:
  1. Tomasz Witkowski

    1. Wroclaw, Poland

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  • Presents the perspectives of leading authorities on the nature, possibilities, and limitations of psychological science
  • Provides an understanding of the contributions of each of the persons interviewed to their respective specialism
  • Offers an overview of the psychologists and the discipline as they are found in the early 21st century

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Table of contents (16 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-viii
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  2. Introduction

    • Tomasz Witkowski
    Pages 1-10

  3. Elizabeth F. Loftus: Cognitive Psychology, Witness Testimony and Human Memory

    • Tomasz Witkowski
    Pages 11-27

  4. Jerome Kagan: Temperament, Developmental Psychology and Methodology

    • Tomasz Witkowski
    Pages 29-44

  5. Michael I. Posner: Cognitive Neuroscience, Attention Networks and Training the Brain

    • Tomasz Witkowski
    Pages 45-59

  6. Scott O. Lilienfeld: Clinical Psychology, Evidence-Based Treatments and Skepticism

    • Tomasz Witkowski
    Pages 61-78

  7. Robert J. Sternberg: Intelligence, Love, Creativity and Wisdom

    • Tomasz Witkowski
    Pages 79-100

  8. Robert Plomin: Behavioral Genetics

    • Tomasz Witkowski
    Pages 101-124

  9. Susan J. Blackmore: Parapsychology, Memetics and Consciousness

    • Tomasz Witkowski
    Pages 125-149

  10. Joseph E. LeDoux: Fear, Anxiety, Emotions, Consciousness and Evolution

    • Tomasz Witkowski
    Pages 151-168

  11. Noam Chomsky: Psycholinguistics

    • Tomasz Witkowski
    Pages 169-182

  12. Roy F. Baumeister: Self-Esteem, Self-Control and the Power of Will

    • Tomasz Witkowski
    Pages 183-215

  13. Erica Burman: Developmental Psychology, Feminist Research and Methodology

    • Tomasz Witkowski
    Pages 217-239

  14. Brian A. Nosek: Open Science and Reproducibility Projects

    • Tomasz Witkowski
    Pages 241-266

  15. Vikram H. Patel: Global Mental Health

    • Tomasz Witkowski
    Pages 267-288

  16. Daniel Kahneman: Decision Making, Adversarial Collaboration and Hedonic Psychology

    • Tomasz Witkowski
    Pages 289-303

  17. Carol Tavris: Writing About Psychological Science and Skepticism

    • Tomasz Witkowski
    Pages 305-322

  18. Back Matter

    Pages 323-331
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About this book

Shaping Psychology is a unique collection of in-depth conversations with a selection of the most influential psychologists working today, conducted at the end of a decade that shook psychological science. They provide insights into the controversies at the heart of contemporary psychology, revealing a clash of visions of what psychological science is all about and what its future holds. They are candid on the crisis in psychology and explore its causes, consequences and how to overcome it. They also discuss challenges in the field, their careers, and the experiences that shaped their worldview.




Those interviewed include pioneers who have shaped psychology as we know it today and who represent a wide range of specializations, from research to mental health practice, mainstream psychology to critical psychology and neuroscience to the Open Science movement. 




Elizabeth F. Loftus, StanfordUniversity, USA


Jerome Kagan, Harvard University, USA


Michael I. Posner, University of Oregon, USA


Scott O. Lilienfeld, Emory University, USA


Robert J. Sternberg, Cornell University, USA


Robert Plomin, King’s College London, UK 


Susan J. Blackmore, University of Plymouth, UK


Joseph E. LeDoux, New York University, USA


Noam Chomsky, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA


Roy F. Baumeister, University of Queensland, Australia


Erica Burman, University of Manchester, UK


Brian A. Nosek, University of Virginia, USA


Vikram H. Patel, Harvard Medical School, USA


Daniel Kahneman, Princeton University, USA


Carol A. Tavris, independent academic,USA,









Reviews

“I would readily recommend this book to anyone interested in, and slightly familiar with, the field of psychology and who cares about its future and is interested in its recent influences. It would be time well spent.” (the-mouse-trap.com, April 12, 2021)

“I am very happy to recommend Shaping Psychology to readers of the Skeptical Intelligencer.” (Michael Heap, The Skeptical Intelligencer, Vol. 23 (4), 2020)

Authors and Affiliations

  • Wroclaw, Poland

    Tomasz Witkowski

About the author

Tomasz Witkowski is a psychologist, science writer, skeptic and the author of several dozen science papers, several hundred popular science articles and fourteen books. Witkowski’s previous books include Psychology Gone Wrong and Psychology Led Astray.

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