Psychology in Modern India

Psychology in Modern India
Author: Girishwar Misra
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 547
Release: 2021-10-30
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 9811647054

This book offers a critical account of the conceptual, theoretical, and methodological developments in key areas of psychology in India, providing insights into the developments and advances as well as future directions. Filling an important gap in the literature on the history of psychology in India, it brings together contributions by leading scholars to present a clear overview of the state of the art of the field. The thematic parts of the book discuss the historical perspectives: development of psychology in India; research methodologies in the West and India; future directions for research in the field. The book is of special interest to researchers, school administrators, curriculum designers, and policymakers.

Psychology in India Revisited - Developments in the Discipline, Volume 3

Psychology in India Revisited - Developments in the Discipline, Volume 3
Author: Janak Pandey
Publisher: SAGE
Total Pages: 400
Release: 2004
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 9780761995746

The Survey of Psychology series presents critical reviews of and reflects the major changes in psychological research in India. After a comprehensive introduction, this, the third volume in the series, begins with a chapter that critically highlights the major contributions in the areas of attitudes, social cognition and justice from a theoretical and cultural perspective. The second chapter examines individualistic as well as traditional collectivist Indian values arguing that both can co-exist. This is followed by a chapter on the various dimensions of poverty, the poor and deprivation. Chapter Four reviews the major theoretical approaches to the subject, and the next chapter presents the prevalent trends and shortcomings of the conceptual and methodological problems in the relatively new area of environmental psychology. Chapter Six provides various pertinent issues related with motivation, leadership and human performance within a conceptual framework and with theoretical perspectives. The last chapter critically examines the changes and the general shift in the content of research as well as the strength and weaknesses of the discipline of psychology at the start of the new millennium.

Psychology In India Volume 3: Clinical And Health Psychology

Psychology In India Volume 3: Clinical And Health Psychology
Author: Girishwar Misra
Publisher: Pearson Education India
Total Pages: 442
Release: 2010-09
Genre: Clinical health psychology
ISBN: 9788131718162

Psychology in India Volume 3: Clinical and Health Psychology is part of the periodic surveys in the major disciplines of the social sciences to assess disciplinary developments and to identify gaps in research conducted by The Indian Council of Social Science Research. This volume comprises six original essays. It deals with the broad domain of disciplinary developments in the areas of clinical psychology and health psychology and explains developments, applications, analysis; psychology; geropsychology in India and the significant trends.