In: A Critical Introduction to Psychology ISBN: 978-1-53616-491-6
Editor: Robert K. Beshara © 2019 Nova Science Publishers, Inc.
Chapter 3
NEUROSCIENCE IN PSYCHOLOGY
TEXTBOOKS: RECLAIMING OUR
NON-PSYCHOLOGY
Jan De Vos*
Department of Philosophy and Moral Sciences,
Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
INTRODUCTION: IT’S ALL IN THE BRAIN
(Re)-imagine your typical first day at the university. You want to
become a psychologist. The dean of the psychology department addresses
the vast crowd you find yourself in, whilst at the front row your future
professors are seated. You all hear the dean slowly pronounce the
following words, he wants to be fully understood: “Anyone who is here for
her or her own problems should now better leave.” Everybody freezes, no
one dares to look at each other (at least you think), the first row turns
around, no one leaves. Upon which the dean continues with a little smile,
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