Giving Psychology Away: How George Miller's Vision Is Being Realised by Psychological Literacy

Autor/inn/en	Banyard, Philip; Hulme, Julie A.
Titel	Giving Psychology Away: How George Miller's Vision Is Being Realised by Psychological Literacy
Quelle	In: Psychology Teaching Review, 21 (2015) 2, S.93-101 (9 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0965-948X
Schlagwörter	Psychology; Change Agents; Educational Development; Educational Trends; Intellectual History; Psychological Services; Psychological Studies; Educational Benefits; Science and Society; Public Opinion; Influence of Technology; Transformative Learning; Foreign Countries; Speeches; Secondary School Curriculum; College Curriculum; United States; United Kingdom + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Psychologie; Bildungsentwicklung; Geistesgeschichte; Psychologische Betreuung; Bildungsertrag; Öffentliche Meinung; Pädagogische Transformation; Ausland; USA; Großbritannien
Abstract	In George Miller's famous address to the American Psychological Association in 1969 he explored the aims and future direction of psychology. Psychology could develop as a professional elite that develops specialised knowledge that experts can hold on to or it could aim to "give psychology away" and to allow the general public access to psychological knowledge that will be of benefit to them. In so doing it will create "a new and different public conception of what is humanly possible and humanly desirable." This vision is being realised 50 years on by the wide dissemination of psychology knowledge through, for example, university school courses in the subject, and the growth of psychological literacy in the general public. This paper discusses issues raised by this and the implications for the profession of psychology and the perception of psychology in the general public are discussed. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01