Psychology In India The State Of The Art

This volume focuses on basic and applied social psychology. The aspects discussed include attitudes and cognition; social influence processes; problems specific to the third world; inter-group relations and social tension; issues related to awareness, preception, motivation and attitudes; research on the social psychology of education.

This volume focuses on personality and mental processes. The aspects discussed include psychological assessment, current trends in developmental psychology, personality development, stress and anxiety, perceptual and cognitive processes and higher mental processes.

This volume focuses on organizational behaviour and mental health. The aspects discussed include job attitudes and organizational effectiveness; definitions, awareness, attitudes and beliefs about mental health problems; definition and classification of mental illness; socio-cultural factors in treatment and causation of mental illness.

With the emergence of positive psychology in the West, and the many fold discovery of the impact of psychology in one’s life, there is a need to understand spirituality, and to use its positive aspects to maintain a balance in hectic modern life. This book presents models for mapping basic psychological processes and their relationships. It covers basic constructs like cognition, emotion, behavior, desires, creativity, as well as applied topics like personal happiness, intercultural conflict handling, and world peace.

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.