Contextualizing Psychology

Eva Magnusson is Professor Emerita of Psychology, Umeå University, Sweden, and former Head of Research at the Nordic Institute for Gender Research in Oslo. Eva has published on qualitative research and the psychology of gender, and has served on the editorial board of Feminism & Psychology and NORA (Nordic Journal of Gender Research). Jeanne Marecek is Professor Emerita of Psychology at Swarthmore College, USA. A cultural psychologist trained in clinical psychology, Jeanne has served on the editorial team of Feminism & Psychology since 2007. The American Psychological Association has awarded her the Carolyn Wood Sherif Award (2017) and the Theodore Sarbin Award (2022).

'This book is an excellent guide to scientific thinking. The content is relevant for several scientific disciplines where human thoughts, feelings, experience, and behavior are focused. One such example could be nursing research. The last chapter contains very useful end questions, especially for doctoral students in development of scientific thinking.' Marianne Carlsson, Professor Emeritus of Caring Sciences, Uppsala University, Sweden

• 1. Finding one's way around psychology; 2. Thinking styles in psychology; 3. Culture, communities, and persons; 4. Minds in psychology; 5. Human brains and psychology; 6. Thinking persons; 7. Language and psychology; 8. Social and historical perspectives on psychological suffering; 9. Critical perspectives on psychologists' research practices; 10. Disagreements and debates in psychology's history; 11. Contemporary debates among psychologists; 12. Explanations in psychology; 13. Being a discerning reader of psychology; 14. Studying the psychology of persons: methods, assumptions, and commitments.