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List of contents
Outlining a Psychology of the Image. Preface to Theme 1: Images of What is 'Inside' or Internal. Seeing, Visualising and Mental Imagery. Sound Imagery. Dream Images and the Conceptions of the Unconscious. Preface to Theme 2: Interdependent Images: Inside and Out, or Outside and In? The Developing Self. Self Image and Social Identity. The Gendered Image. Preface to Theme 3: External Images and All That is 'Out There'. The Mass Media of the Moving Image: Television and Film. Virtual Semiotics and Electronic Images. Photography and the Photographic Image. Postscript to a Psychology of the Image.
Summary
This is a classic edition of Michael Forrester’s Psychology of the Image, which examined the image in relation to internal, interdependent, and external dimensions. A revised introduction would critically consider different areas of contemporary research that highlights each of these image dimensions – (i) the role of fMRI and neuroimaging central to the emergence of cognitive neuroscience, (ii) social-identity and image-fluidity in social media contexts, and (iii) virtual semiotics and the associated images surrounding the pervasive and changing nature of digital engagement. This is a valuable resource for psychology students, academics, and researchers.
