How truth travels : knowledge, networks, and the organization of society -- From a moral philosophy to a science : the struggle to construct and defend the "new psychology" -- For the children : the alliance of psychology and education -- Molding morals and minds : psychology and the modernization of parenting -- Minds, measures, and machines : the materialization of psychological ideas -- A séance or a science? : psychology and its publics -- Psychological codes of civility and the practice of everyday life -- The psychologically examined life : issues, healing, closure, and the psychotherapeutic self -- Conclusiong : The psychologization of the United States -- Appendix : A few important dates in the history of American psychology.