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The Cambridge handbook of the intellectual history of psychology / edited by Robert J. Sternberg, Wade E. Pickren.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Series: Cambridge handbooks in psychologyPublication details: Cambridge ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2019.Description: x, 533 pages ; 26 cmISBN:
  • 9781108418690
  • 9781108406345
Other title:
  • Handbook of the intellectual history of psychology
  • Intellectual history of psychology
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 616.89 23 STE
Contents:
1. Major paradigms and approaches in psychology 2. Methodology in psychology 3. Neuroscience in psychology 4. Sensation and perception 5. Attention: Awarness and control 6. Learning 7. Memory 8. Decision making 9. Creativity 10. Intelligence 11. Development
Summary: We cannot understand contemporary psychology without first researching its history. Unlike other books on the history of psychology, which are chronologically ordered, this Handbook is organized topically. It covers the history of ideas in multiple areas of the field and reviews the intellectual history behind the major topics of investigation. The evolution of psychological ideas is described alongside an analysis of their surrounding context. Readers learn how eminent psychologists draw on the context of their time and place for ideas and practices, and also how innovation in psychology is an ongoing dialogue between past, present, and anticipated future.
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Reference Books Reference Books CUTN Central Library Reference Reference 616.89 STE (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Not For Loan 40959

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Major paradigms and approaches in psychology 2. Methodology in psychology 3. Neuroscience in psychology 4. Sensation and perception 5. Attention: Awarness and control 6. Learning 7. Memory 8. Decision making 9. Creativity 10. Intelligence 11. Development

We cannot understand contemporary psychology without first researching its history. Unlike other books on the history of psychology, which are chronologically ordered, this Handbook is organized topically. It covers the history of ideas in multiple areas of the field and reviews the intellectual history behind the major topics of investigation. The evolution of psychological ideas is described alongside an analysis of their surrounding context. Readers learn how eminent psychologists draw on the context of their time and place for ideas and practices, and also how innovation in psychology is an ongoing dialogue between past, present, and anticipated future.

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