Moghaddam Fathali M. Great Ideas in Psychology

Oneworld Publications, 2007. — 352 p.What makes an idea great?
Great ideas and orientations in psychology
The laboratory becomes central to psychology
Critically assessing the psychology laboratory
Historical context
Factors to consider in testing for the placebo effect
Meaning and the active placebo
Complicating factors
Early history of the unconscious
The Freudian unconscious
The unconscious assessed
Mind and body
Pioneering ideas
Pioneering experimental research
Debate over long-term potentiation
The law of effect and classical conditioning
The American context and instrumental learning
The decline of behaviorism and the rise of cognitive science
Why are intelligence tests important?
What are the contributions of nature and nurture to intelligence?
Is there one or multiple types of intelligence?
At what age, if ever, does intelligence become fixed?
The context of artificial intelligence
The long debate and artificial intelligence
The major stage models
Core assumptions
Assumptions of the traditional approach
A Vygotskian approach to child development
The historical context of the idea
Bowlby’s four-phase model
Variations on the attachment theme
The idea of displaced aggression in wider context
Displaced aggression and Freud’s inter-group psychology
Re-thinking the assumed association between frustration and aggression
Historical background to modern trait theory
Category 1. Methodological dilemmas
Category 2. Conceptual dilemmas
The sense of self
Self-perception
Self-presentation
Conformity to arbitrary norms
Power,norms, and conformity
The historical and cultural context leading to psychological research on obedience
The experimental study of obedience
Why are Milgram’s obedience studies important?
Lessons from psychological research on obedience
The cultural and historical context
Discovering and interpreting gender differences
Multicultural psychology and identity
Assimilation and identity
Multiculturalism and identity
The historical context of Darwin’s evolutionary theory
Genetics and evolutionary psychology
Genes as causes of behavior
The turn away from positivism and an example of recent research
Social constructionism and trends in modern psychology
The main implications of social constructionism