Normalisation and the Psychology of 'Mental Retardation
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3390093 |
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| Authors | Murray K Simpson (0000-0002-7008-5877, University of Dundee, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1996 |
| Volume | 44 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 99-118 |
| Publication date | 1996-02-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Sociological Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0038-0261 • E-ISSN: 1467-954X |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1467-954x.1996.tb02965.x |
| OpenAlex | W1967174452 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 10 |
The 1950 and 1960s witnessed a revival of interest among psychologists in mental retardation closely associated with the development of a behaviourist model. These developments effected a decisive break in the discourse of retardation by inserting a 'behaviour' component into the definition of retardation. This strengthened claims by psychology of professional primacy vis-à-vis medicine. The objective of professional assertion helped create the conditions in which the service model of Normalisation2 took root in North America and, to a lesser extent, the UK. As a semi-autonomous discourse, Normalisation provided a vehicle in which elements of contradictory discourses, principally psychology and interactionism, could be appropriated. The interventions which emerged from this comprised a dual strategy of enhanced social integration and the more precise definition and identification of mental retardation
Assertion · Epistemology · Identification (biology) · Psychiatry · Psychoanalysis · Psychological intervention · Service (business) · Social science · Sociology · Historical Psychiatry and Medical Practices · Historical Studies on Reproduction, Gender, Health, and Societal Changes · Neurology and Historical Studies · Psychology
| Highly cited | No |
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