Soviet and American Psychology During World War II

Inbunden, Engelska, 1997

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This book compares the influence of the period leading up to World War II and of the war itself on the discipline of psychology in two major, but very different countries. During the 1930s, Soviet psychologists were formally isolated from developments in Western psychology by the ideological requirements of the Communist Party; in the United States, a vast variety of topics was being researched. When the war began, the discipline in the Soviet Union turned increasingly toward specialized topics, such as the rehabilitation of the wounded, ways to improve morale, and the psychological basis of color-camouflage. American psychologists, on the other hand, applied their psychometric and clinical skills to military needs. With the coming of glasnost, American and Russian psychologists were able to collaborate to create the first thorough examinations of the state of wartime psychology in these countries. Of interest to all students and researchers of the history of psychology, psychological theory, and the history of World War II.

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Utgivningsdatum:1997-10-30
Mått:156 x 235 x 24 mm
Vikt:539 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:International Contributions in Psychology
Antal sidor:264
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN:9780313287947

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ALBERT R. GILGEN is Professor of Psychology at the University of Northern Iowa. He is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association, the American Psychological Society, and the American Association of Applied and Preventive Psychology. His publications include: American Psychology Since World War II: A Profile of the Discipline (1982), International Handbook of Psychology (coedited with Carol K. Gilgen, 1987), and Chaos Theory in Psychology (coedited with Frederick David Abraham, 1995), all from Greenwood Press.CAROL K. GILGEN is a certified public accountant. She is coeditor with Albert R. Gilgen of International Handbook of Psychology (Greenwood, 1987).VERA A. KOLTSOVA is Head of the Laboratory of the History of Psychology and Historical Psychology of the Institute of Psychology of the Russian Academy of Sciences.YURI N. OLEINIK is Dean of the Faculty of Psychology of the Youth Institute in Moscow and Senior Scientist of the Laboratory of the History of Psychology and Historical Psychology of the Institute of Psychology of the Russian Academy of Sciences.The editors also collaborated on Post-Soviet Perspectives on Russian Psychology (Greenwood, 1996).

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PrefaceSoviet Psychology During World War IISoviet Psychology during the Pre-World War II PeriodThe Reorganization and Development of Soviet Psychology in Accordance with the Demands of the WarSoviet Psychologists' Wartime Research and Applied ActivitiesAmerican Psychology During World War IIPsychologists Organize and Plan for the War EffortPsychologists and the Military EnterprisePsychologists' Other Wartime ResearchThe War and Postwar PsychologyGeneral Conclusions and Comparative CommentsThe Russian PerspectiveThe American PerspectiveAppendix: Chronology of Major Events During World War II (Russian Perspective)Index