Overview
- Presents critical and situated approaches to the psychological study of science and technology
- Demonstrates how an expansion of dialogue between psychology and STS can contribute to the development of psychological theory, methodology, and practice
- Focuses on a variety of issues relating to the psychological study of science and technology in our contemporary world
Part of the book series: Palgrave Studies in the Theory and History of Psychology (PSTHP)
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About this book
This book provides a significant contribution to scholarship on the psychology of science and the psychology of technology by showcasing a range of theory and research distinguished as psychological studies of science and technology. Science and technology are central to almost all domains of human activity, for which reason they are the focus of subdisciplines such as philosophy of science, philosophy of technology, sociology of knowledge, and history of science and technology. To date, psychology has been marginal in this space and limited to relatively narrow epistemological orientations. By explicitly embracing pluralism and an international approach, this book offers new perspectives and directions for psychological contributions.
The book brings together leading theorists and researchers from around the world and spans scholarship across a variety of traditions that include theoretical psychology, critical psychology, feminist psychology and social constructionist approaches. Following a historical and conceptual introduction, the collection is divided into three sections: Scoping a New Psychology of Science and Technology, Applying Psychological Concepts to the Study of Science and Technology and Critical Perspectives on Psychology as a Science. The book will interest interdisciplinary scholars who work in the space of Science and Technology Studies and psychologists interested in the diverse human aspects of science and technology.
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Keywords
- science and technology
- psychology of science
- Techno-Scientific Practice
- Researchers’ Subjectivity
- Cognitive Psychology
- History of Psychology
- psychology of technology
- sociology of knowledge
- pluralism
- feminist psychology
- social constructionism
- New Psychologies
- human microbiome research
- evidence-based practice in psychology
- Queer Theory
Table of contents (14 chapters)
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Scoping a New Psychology of Science and Technology
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Applying Psychological Concepts to the Study of Science and Technology
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Critical Perspectives on Psychology as a Science
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Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Kieran C. O’Doherty is Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology, University of Guelph, Canada.
Lisa M. Osbeck is Professor of Psychology, University of West Georgia, USA.
Ernst Schraube is Associate Professor of Social Psychology of Technology in the Department of People and Technology at Roskilde University, Denmark.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Psychological Studies of Science and Technology
Editors: Kieran C. O’Doherty, Lisa M. Osbeck, Ernst Schraube, Jeffery Yen
Series Title: Palgrave Studies in the Theory and History of Psychology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-25308-0
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Behavioral Science and Psychology, Behavioral Science and Psychology (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG, part of Springer Nature 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-25307-3Published: 03 September 2019
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-25310-3Published: 03 September 2020
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-25308-0Published: 24 August 2019
Series ISSN: 2946-2452
Series E-ISSN: 2946-2460
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVII, 332
Number of Illustrations: 3 b/w illustrations
Topics: History of Psychology, Self and Identity, Knowledge - Discourse, Philosophy of Technology, Science and Technology Studies