Methodological Problems with the Academic Sources of Popular Psychology: Context, Inference, and Measurement examines the relationship between academic and popular psychology from a critical perspective with a focus on issues of methodology. The monograph traces the path from ideas in reputable popular psychology back to the original academic research tradition from which the claims were generated. It also addresses the conceptual and methodological controversies with respect to the original research typically ignored or played down in popular writing. This book covers a range of topics...

An Advanced Guide to Psychological Thinking examines various areas of psychology including learning, neuropsychology, child development, and psychotherapy from a critical and historical perspective. It reveals how different conceptual tensions have created confusion in the discipline and helps psychology recognize its own foundations.