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Preface;
1. Introduction;
2. Historical roots of the psychological laboratory;
3. Divergence of investigative practice: the repudiation of Wundt;
4. The social structure of psychological experimentation;
5. The triumph of the aggregate;
6. Identifying the subject in psychological research;
7. Marketable methods;
8. Investigative practice as a professional project;
9. From quantification to methodolatry;
10. Investigating persons;
11. The social construction of psychological knowledge; Appendix; Notes; Index.
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Jennifer Nichols
reviewed Constructing the Subject: Historical Origins of Psychological Research on September 26, 2017
Constructing the Subject
Another comprehensive (and dense) piece of scholarship by Dr Danziger, a psychologist-turned-historian of the field. Here he traces the development of American research method from its German roots in 19th century to mid 20th century, presenting us an analysis of the development with reference to the social and historical context.
While the author has explained why the development took that direction (the academic struggle of founding psychology as a respectable discipline), the general tone is critical and an alternative title could be "the cost we paid to establish psychology as a science in the 20th century". The concluding chapter is particularly harsh but a reader may still feel the relevance of such critique today
Overall, it's an rewarding read to understand a crucial aspect of the discipline. I am not giving more stars as there seems to be a peculiar lack of details for the American side of the story (while many are given for the German one) and the first half may not be as strong as the second half. The last three chapters (with topics on the obsession of quantification, the implications of the practical origin of personality psychology, the sociology and philosophy of knowledge) are probably more important than the rest.
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