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Reviewing 50 Years of the Psychology of Social Issues
Author(s) -
Harris Benjamin
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
journal of social issues
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.618
H-Index - 122
eISSN - 1540-4560
pISSN - 0022-4537
DOI - 10.1111/j.1540-4560.1986.tb00201.x
Subject(s) - perspective (graphical) , politics , context (archaeology) , sociology , character (mathematics) , social science , service (business) , psychology , political science , history , law , computer science , economy , economics , geometry , mathematics , archaeology , artificial intelligence
In commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the founding of the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues (SPSSI), selected histories of psychology are reviewed for information on SPSSI and the social context of its early development. Differences in method and perspective in the historical literature are noted. Contradictions in SPSSI's political, professional, and scientific character are attributed to its purpose of supplying scientific expertise in the service of social reform.