Centrality of History for Theory Construction in Psychology

Part I. Theory and Practice

1.
History of Psychology: What for?
Roger Smith

2. The Universal and the Particular in Psychology and the Role of History in Explaining Both
Adrian C. Brock

3. Six Meanings of the History of Science: The Case of Psychology
Aaro Toomela

4. Beyond the “Variables”: Developing Metalanguage for Psychology
Jaan Valsiner, Svend Brinkmann

5. The Shackles of Practice: History of Psychology, Research Assessment, and the Curriculum
Alan Collins, Geoff Bunn

6. History for “Polycentric” Psychological Science: An “Outsider’s” Case
Irina Mironenko

Part II. History at Work

7. The Dominant as a Model of Chronogenic Change: The Relevance of A. A. Ukhtomsky’s and L. S. Vygotsky’s Traditions for Systemic Cognitive Studies
Andres Kurismaa, Lucia P. Pavlova

8. Constructiveness in the History of Psychology: Frederic Bartlett from Past to Future
Brady Wagoner

9. A History of Psychology’s Complicated Relationship to Feminism: Theorizing Difference
H. Lorraine Radtke, Henderikus J. Stam

10. Autonomy, Theory, and “Applied” Versus “Basic”: Work Psychology and Its Search for Identity in Finland, ca. 1945–2000
Petteri Pietikäinen

11. Subjectivity in Psychology: A Systematic or a Historical Challenge?
Sven Hroar Klempe

Part III. Commentary

12. Commentary 1: Functions and Trends in the History of Psychology
Annette Mülberger

13. Commentary 2: The Past and the History of Psychology
Sergio Salvatore

Keywords: Psychology, Cognitive Psychology