Saths Cooper
Biographic Data
| ID | 3791819 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Saths Cooper |
| GIVEN NAMES | Saths |
| FAMILY NAME | Cooper |
| SIGNATURE | COOPER S |
| AFFILIATIONS | International Union of Psychological Science, South Africa |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9500-3041 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 21 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 14 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1984 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Looking backwards, looking forwards
To mark the 30th anniversary of the Psychological Society of South Africa (PsySSA), 11 of PsySSA’s past presidents, along with two facilitators, gathered in early 2024 for a roundtable discussion on psychology in South Africa. This article represents an edited transcript of that conversation. The guiding motif of the discussion – looking backwards, looking forwards – led discussants through the historical temporalities, institutional, professiona…
Forging a new normal for peace with justice
Covid-19, inequality, and the intersection between wealth, race, and gender
As this special issue goes to press, the COVID-19 pandemic will likely continue to be devastating communities, societies, and economies globally. This pandemic has touched all of humanity, forcing us to acclimate to a strange ‘new normal’ that belies our very nature – relatedness. The pandemic has compelled us to maintain physical distance, to wear masks that indelibly affect our ability to connect and communicate, to forsake rituals and rites of…
Racism is personal
Psychological Society of South Africa, 25 years since its creation
The Mandela I knew
During my incarceration in the same single-cell block in Robben Island Maximum Security Prison with Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela between 1977 and 1982, I got to know him intimately and had the advantage of interacting with him on a daily basis. These were less than ideal conditions, often fraught with the tensions that accompany incarceration, but such hardships provide the opportunity for the best and worst in ourselves to emerge
Reflections on South African psychology with Saths Cooper
Saths Cooper, PhD, is an important figure in both South African and international psychology. Based on a two hour interview with Cooper, this article focuses on his experiences with Apartheid-era psychologists, his views on the abuses of psychology past and present, and his views of psychology as president of the International Union of Psychological Science. While we have much to celebrate about the 20 years of Psychological Society of South Afri…
South African psychology 20 years into democracy
The South African Journal of Psychology (SAJP), originally Psygram (1959-1969), is the largest psychology journal in Africa and is the preferred scientific publication for academics and researchers in psychology in South Africa. It is generalist and has been continuously published over the past 55 years, eventually incorporating the Journal of Behavioural Sciences (1969-1979), Psychologia Africana (1962-1983), and the South African Psychologist (…
A synopsis of South African psychology from apartheid to democracy
In this concatenated overview, the development of psychology in South Africa is traced from its origins in the late 19th century to the present. The seminal influences on the science and practice of psychology of the racialized polity and the responses to the prevailing regimen are also explored. The significant events in the patinated layers of psychological discourse and consequent policies in these constrained circumstances are traversed. Desp…
The Mandela I Knew
Bridging Forward to African/Black Psychology
Africanizing South African Psychology
The Imminent Demise of South African (SA) Psychology
In commentary on Kagee (2006a), Swartz (2006) points out that while decrying the lack of empirical evidence in South African clinical psychology, Kagee (2006a) himself does not provide any such evidence for his sweeping statements that SA psychology has become increasingly devoid of an empirical base and that South African mental health professionals have failed to incorporate empirical findings in their clinical work. Swartz (2006) considers thi…
Contiguous Approach Conditioning
The study sought to extend M. R. Denny's contiguous approach conditioning model of instrumental reinforcement effects to account for Sidman avoidance conditioning. Experimental subjects (rats) received a 15-sec. duration light which was paired, independently of the subject's behavior, with the nonoccurrence of regularly scheduled 1-ma. shocks. Controls received light and shock unpaired. All subjects were then tested in a simple T-maze for approac…
A synopsis of South African psychology from apartheid to democracy
In this concatenated overview, the development of psychology in South Africa is traced from its origins in the late 19th century to the present. The seminal influences on the science and practice of psychology of the racialized polity and the responses to the prevailing regimen are also explored. The significant events in the patinated layers of psychological discourse and consequent policies in these constrained circumstances are traversed. Desp…
Africanizing South African Psychology
South African psychology 20 years into democracy
The South African Journal of Psychology (SAJP), originally Psygram (1959-1969), is the largest psychology journal in Africa and is the preferred scientific publication for academics and researchers in psychology in South Africa. It is generalist and has been continuously published over the past 55 years, eventually incorporating the Journal of Behavioural Sciences (1969-1979), Psychologia Africana (1962-1983), and the South African Psychologist (…
The Mandela I knew
During my incarceration in the same single-cell block in Robben Island Maximum Security Prison with Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela between 1977 and 1982, I got to know him intimately and had the advantage of interacting with him on a daily basis. These were less than ideal conditions, often fraught with the tensions that accompany incarceration, but such hardships provide the opportunity for the best and worst in ourselves to emerge
Looking backwards, looking forwards
To mark the 30th anniversary of the Psychological Society of South Africa (PsySSA), 11 of PsySSA’s past presidents, along with two facilitators, gathered in early 2024 for a roundtable discussion on psychology in South Africa. This article represents an edited transcript of that conversation. The guiding motif of the discussion – looking backwards, looking forwards – led discussants through the historical temporalities, institutional, professiona…
Covid-19, inequality, and the intersection between wealth, race, and gender
As this special issue goes to press, the COVID-19 pandemic will likely continue to be devastating communities, societies, and economies globally. This pandemic has touched all of humanity, forcing us to acclimate to a strange ‘new normal’ that belies our very nature – relatedness. The pandemic has compelled us to maintain physical distance, to wear masks that indelibly affect our ability to connect and communicate, to forsake rituals and rites of…
Psychological Society of South Africa, 25 years since its creation
Reflections on South African psychology with Saths Cooper
Saths Cooper, PhD, is an important figure in both South African and international psychology. Based on a two hour interview with Cooper, this article focuses on his experiences with Apartheid-era psychologists, his views on the abuses of psychology past and present, and his views of psychology as president of the International Union of Psychological Science. While we have much to celebrate about the 20 years of Psychological Society of South Afri…
Bridging Forward to African/Black Psychology
Contiguous Approach Conditioning
The study sought to extend M. R. Denny's contiguous approach conditioning model of instrumental reinforcement effects to account for Sidman avoidance conditioning. Experimental subjects (rats) received a 15-sec. duration light which was paired, independently of the subject's behavior, with the nonoccurrence of regularly scheduled 1-ma. shocks. Controls received light and shock unpaired. All subjects were then tested in a simple T-maze for approac…
The Imminent Demise of South African (SA) Psychology
In commentary on Kagee (2006a), Swartz (2006) points out that while decrying the lack of empirical evidence in South African clinical psychology, Kagee (2006a) himself does not provide any such evidence for his sweeping statements that SA psychology has become increasingly devoid of an empirical base and that South African mental health professionals have failed to incorporate empirical findings in their clinical work. Swartz (2006) considers thi…
The Mandela I Knew
Bridging Forward to African/Black Psychology
Africanizing South African Psychology
The Mandela I knew
During my incarceration in the same single-cell block in Robben Island Maximum Security Prison with Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela between 1977 and 1982, I got to know him intimately and had the advantage of interacting with him on a daily basis. These were less than ideal conditions, often fraught with the tensions that accompany incarceration, but such hardships provide the opportunity for the best and worst in ourselves to emerge
Reflections on South African psychology with Saths Cooper
Saths Cooper, PhD, is an important figure in both South African and international psychology. Based on a two hour interview with Cooper, this article focuses on his experiences with Apartheid-era psychologists, his views on the abuses of psychology past and present, and his views of psychology as president of the International Union of Psychological Science. While we have much to celebrate about the 20 years of Psychological Society of South Afri…
South African psychology 20 years into democracy
The South African Journal of Psychology (SAJP), originally Psygram (1959-1969), is the largest psychology journal in Africa and is the preferred scientific publication for academics and researchers in psychology in South Africa. It is generalist and has been continuously published over the past 55 years, eventually incorporating the Journal of Behavioural Sciences (1969-1979), Psychologia Africana (1962-1983), and the South African Psychologist (…
A synopsis of South African psychology from apartheid to democracy
In this concatenated overview, the development of psychology in South Africa is traced from its origins in the late 19th century to the present. The seminal influences on the science and practice of psychology of the racialized polity and the responses to the prevailing regimen are also explored. The significant events in the patinated layers of psychological discourse and consequent policies in these constrained circumstances are traversed. Desp…
Psychological Society of South Africa, 25 years since its creation
Racism is personal
Covid-19, inequality, and the intersection between wealth, race, and gender
As this special issue goes to press, the COVID-19 pandemic will likely continue to be devastating communities, societies, and economies globally. This pandemic has touched all of humanity, forcing us to acclimate to a strange ‘new normal’ that belies our very nature – relatedness. The pandemic has compelled us to maintain physical distance, to wear masks that indelibly affect our ability to connect and communicate, to forsake rituals and rites of…
Forging a new normal for peace with justice
Looking backwards, looking forwards
To mark the 30th anniversary of the Psychological Society of South Africa (PsySSA), 11 of PsySSA’s past presidents, along with two facilitators, gathered in early 2024 for a roundtable discussion on psychology in South Africa. This article represents an edited transcript of that conversation. The guiding motif of the discussion – looking backwards, looking forwards – led discussants through the historical temporalities, institutional, professiona…
Psychology (13 works) · Educational and Psychological Assessments (7 works) · Social Psychology (7 works) · Political science (6 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Law (5 works) · Psychoanalysis (4 works) · Asian psychology (3 works) · Community Health and Development (3 works) · Critical psychology (3 works)