Research Catalog

Title

Psychology, science, and human affairs : essays in honor of William Bevan / edited by Frank Kessel.

Publication

Boulder, CO : Westview Press, 1995.

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Additional Authors

• Bevan, William.
• Kessel, Frank S.

Description

vi, 299 pages; 23 cm

Summary

• These original essays, written by prominent scholars, pay tribute to the work of William Bevan. In the course of his distinguished career, Bevan has exhibited an almost unique capacity to focus a clear-eyed, critical gaze on operating assumptions and actions - his own and those of others - and to initiate consequential, constructive steps forward, both in his writing and in his deeds.
• Substantive contributions in their own right, these essays convey the range and reach of Bevan's ideas and influence. The authors examine central themes and issues that Bevan has addressed in his own work, such as the social and human dimensions of science; the nature-nuture controversy; cognition and psychodynamics; applications for clinical, forensic, and organizational psychology; behavioral science and the political process; and the problem of specialization and fragmentation within the discipline.
• Including an afterword by Bevan as well as one of his key essays, the book reveals how Bevan has placed landmarks and posed challenges across the landscape of psychological thought. Traversing this diverse terrain will be well worth the reader's time, for established scholars as well as for students in psychology and in other social science disciplines.

Subjects

• Psychology, Applied
• Psychology
• Developmental psychology

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Contents

• A Journey at the Dangerous Edge of Things: Some Reflections on William Bevan's Legacy / Frank Kessel -- 1. The Human Agency of Science / Sigmund Koch -- 2. Taking Human Nature Seriously: Psychology and the Polity / Daniel N. Robinson -- 3. Metatheory in Psychology and a Psychology of Metatheory: The Case of William James / John B. Conway -- 4. Stargazing: James McKeen Cattell, American Men of Science, and the Reward Structure of the American Scientific Community, 1906-1944 / Michael M. Sokal -- 5. The Nature-Nurture Controversy in Social and Historical Perspective / Frances Degen Horowitz -- 6. Bevan's Wisdoms / Jerome Kagan -- 7. Development and Adaptation: The Contributions of the MacArthur Foundation and William Bevan / Norman Garmezy -- 8. Context Defines Psychology / Gregory R. Lockhead -- 9. Cognition, Psychodynamics, and Control of Experience / Mardi J. Horowitz -- 10. Expert Psychological Testimony About Eyewitnesses: An Update / Howard Egeth.
• 11. DSM-IV Process and Outcomes / Peter E. Nathan -- 12. Organizational Management: A Point of View / Milton Grodsky -- 13. Scientific Freedom and Responsibility / Richard Trumbull -- 14. Why Behavioral Scientists Must Take Root in the Political Forest, and How They Can Find Their Way There / David Johnson -- 15. Psychology Has a Rosy Past, Present and Future / Wendell R. Garner -- 16. Psychology Evolving: Linkages, Hierarchies, and Dimensions / Anne Anastasi -- Afterword / William Bevan.

ISBN

0813316782

LCCN

94028666

OCLC

• 30780325
• ocm30780325

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries