Re-sizing Psychology in Public Policy and the Private Imagination

This book interrogates the current reputation of Psychology, both as an industry and as part of the academy. It disputes Psychology's claim to be a science, questions its claims to effectiveness and examines relationships with other disciplines and fields

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Re-sizing Psychology in Public Policy and the Private Imagination

Mark Furlong

Re-sizing Psychology in Public Policy and the Private Imagination

Mark Furlong Bouverie Family Centre La Trobe University Brunswick, Victoria, Australia

ISBN 978-1-137-58428-1 ISBN 978-1-137-58429-8 DOI 10.1057/978-1-137-58429-8

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Acknowledgments

Some of my best friends are not psychologists. My deepest appreciation to Mike Arnold, Jenny Smith, Alison Caddick, David Green, Andrew Firestone, Tom Paterson, Ann Taket and Noel Murray for their direct contributions and support. To those that are, and who have supported this project in rich and varied ways  – especially Amaryl Perlesz and Dianna McLachlan, Jane Morton, Pam Rycroft and Jeff Young, Michael Green and Karen Weiss, Neil Adams, Bill Buckingham and John Reece – my genuine thanks. Those in my first tribal circle have, of course, carried the heaviest load: to Liam and Casey, those mighty young men, and to my partner Robyn, who have been practically and emotionally there along the way, this thanks is not enough.

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Contents

1

Introduction Representing Psychology Aims and Readership Bias, Biography and Subjectivity Bias The Private and Personal Outline of Chapters Notes References

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2

Myths and Misconceptions Introduction Is Psychology a Unitary Entity? Does Psychology Have a Knowledge Base? Psychology Is Not Psychotherapy Mapping Psychology in the Public and Private Psyche Wh