A critical introduction to psychology

Contents
Preface
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1
Towards a Pluriversal Psychology
	References
Chapter 2
The Rescue of Subjectivity from  a Cultural-Historical Standpoint
	Introduction
	Some Antecedents of the Rejection of Subjectivity in the 19th and 20th Centuries
	Subjectivity from a Cultural–Historical Standpoint: Its Relevance for Advancing a New Critical Path in Psychology
	Conclusion
	References
Chapter 3
Neuroscience in Psychology Textbooks: Reclaiming Our  Non-Psychology
	Introduction: It’s All in the Brain
	Mind the Gap
	Textbook Infantilization
	Criticality: Conclusion
	Epilogue
	References
Chapter 4
Exploring Consciousness:  Old Habits and New Horizons
	The Problem of Consciousness
	Critiquing the Way Consciousness is Presented in Introductory Psychology Textbooks
		Defining Consciousness
		Presupposing “Normal Waking Consciousness”
		The Big Four
	Revisioning the Way Consciousness Is Taught
		Phenomenological Psychology
		Transpersonal Psychology
		Consciousness and Dreaming
		Experiential Learning and Personal Growth
	Conclusion
	References
Chapter 5
Seeing Race: Towards a Critical Race Psychology of Perception
	Introduction
	Critical Race Theory and Psychology
	Mainstream Psychology of Perception  Is Euro-Centric
		Cognitivist Model of Racism: A Review of Wilson, Hugenberg, and Rule (2017)
			Falling Short of CRP
				Atomizing Racism
				Ignoring the Subjectivity of the Subject of Investigation
				The Role Played by the Psychologists in Hiding Racism, Privilege
	A Critical Examination of an Introductory Psychology Text: Richard Griggs’s  “Sensation and Perception” Chapter
	An Alternative Path to Perception
	References
Chapter 6
Learning: A Social and Collaborative Activity in Dialogue with Others
	1. Introduction
		1.1. Learning Is Central to the Human Condition
		1.2. Learning Is Mediated
		1.3. Responsibilities
		1.4. Implicit Assumptions
	2. History
		2.1. Empirical Psychology Seeking for Natural Laws
		2.2. The Private, Invisible Mind
		2.3. Engineering Learning
		2.4. Alignment to the Efficiency Agenda
	3. Intermediate Step: Overview
		3.1. Behaviorism
		3.2. Cognitivism
		3.3. Constructivism
		3.4. Dialogism
	4. Dialogic Learning
		4.1. The Illuminating Cycle of Address-Reply-Understanding
		4.2. Multi-Voiced Interactions
		4.3. From Social Speech to Thinking for Oneself
		4.4. Liberating Learning
	References
Chapter 7
Memory: More Than Recall
	Introduction
	Critical Lens: Decoloniality
	Memory in Context
	Interwoven Sites of Memory: Individual, Collective, Historical, and Contested
		Individual Memory
		Collective Memory
		Historical Memory
		Contested Memory
	References
Chapter 8
Beyond Development and Morality: Entanglements of Life  as Political Praxis
	Feminism and Developmental Psychology
	References
Chapter 9
A Critical Discursive Approach  to Identity
	Introduction
	A Critical Discursive Approach to Identity
	Central Components of a Critical Discursive Approach to Identity
		Social Constructionism and Relationality
		Ethnomethodology: Empirically Grounded Categorizations
		Positioning: Indexing Identities through an Analysis  of Discursive Actions
	Conclusion
	References
Chapter 10
Critical Perspectives on Personality and Subjectivity
	Traditional Theories
		Psychoanalysis
		Humanistic Psychology
	Contemporary Theories
		Trait Theories
		Social-Cognitive Theories
	Alternative Theories
		Theory of Personhood
		Culture and Subjectivity
		The Discursive Self: From Personality to Subjectivity
	References
Chapter 11
Towards a More Social  Social Psychology
	Social Psychology as a Discipline
	Method
	Results
		Coverage of the Asch Experiment
	Discussion and Implications
	Appendix A
	Appendix B
	Appendix C
	References
Chapter 12
A Critical Approach to Abnormality
	Colonization through the Concept  of Abnormality
	A History of Deinstitutionalization of Mental Health Professions
	Charting Trends for Alternative  Psychosocial Practices
		Networking Care around Mental Health
		Rethinking Subjectivity through Frames of Indigeneity
	Conclusion
	References
Chapter 13
The Future of Psychology
	Power in Everyday Contexts
		Material Power
		Symbolic Power
		Psychological Power
	Psychology and Resistance
		Identity and Resistance
		Epistemic Justice
		Praxis
	Conclusion
	References
About the Editor
About the Contributors
Index
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