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History of psychology / David Hothersall, Ohio State University, Benjamin J. Lovett, Teachers College, Columbia University.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextLanguage: English Publication details: Cambridge, United Kingdom : Cambridge University Press, 2022.Edition: Fifth editionDescription: xiv, 574 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cmISBN:
  • 9781108774567
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Print version:: History of psychologyDDC classification:
  • 150 23/eng/20211012 HOT
Contents:
Approaching the history of psychology : recurrent questions in psychology Scientific and philosophical foundations of psychology Early investigations of the central nervous system and the beginnings of neuroscience Wilhelm Wundt and the founding of psychology Wundt's students in the United States : Edward Titchener and Hugo Münsterberg German psychologists of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries Gestalt psychology in Germany and the United States The evolutionary perspective in Britain : Charles Darwin and Francis Galton Early psychology in the United States : James McKeen Cattell, William James, Granville Stanley Hall, and Mary Whiton Calkins Functionalism at the University of Chicago and Columbia University Psychoanalysis and the development of clinical specialties Historical uses and abuses of intelligence testing The research of Ivan Pavlov and the behaviorism of John B. Watson Three neobehaviorist psychologists : Edward Tolman, Clark Hull, and B. F. Skinner The cognitive revolution and beyond
Summary: "Completely updated and with the addition of a new coauthor, Hothersall and Lovett's History of Psychology provides a lively survey of the evolution of psychology from 1850 to the present. Built around the lives of fascinating thinkers who proposed bold ways of studying human behavior and mental processes, this book provides students with an understanding of how psychology came to be what it is today. Practicing psychologists can also learn about how their chosen field developed. Engaging writing, up-to-date historical scholarship, and a set of high-quality pedagogical supplements prepared by the authors themselves make History of Psychology an excellent choice for instructors and other readers"--
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Includes bibliographical references and index.


Approaching the history of psychology : recurrent questions in psychology
Scientific and philosophical foundations of psychology
Early investigations of the central nervous system and the beginnings of neuroscience
Wilhelm Wundt and the founding of psychology
Wundt's students in the United States : Edward Titchener and Hugo Münsterberg
German psychologists of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries
Gestalt psychology in Germany and the United States
The evolutionary perspective in Britain : Charles Darwin and Francis Galton
Early psychology in the United States : James McKeen Cattell, William James, Granville Stanley Hall, and Mary Whiton Calkins
Functionalism at the University of Chicago and Columbia University
Psychoanalysis and the development of clinical specialties
Historical uses and abuses of intelligence testing
The research of Ivan Pavlov and the behaviorism of John B. Watson
Three neobehaviorist psychologists : Edward Tolman, Clark Hull, and B. F. Skinner
The cognitive revolution and beyond

"Completely updated and with the addition of a new coauthor, Hothersall and Lovett's History of Psychology provides a lively survey of the evolution of psychology from 1850 to the present. Built around the lives of fascinating thinkers who proposed bold ways of studying human behavior and mental processes, this book provides students with an understanding of how psychology came to be what it is today. Practicing psychologists can also learn about how their chosen field developed. Engaging writing, up-to-date historical scholarship, and a set of high-quality pedagogical supplements prepared by the authors themselves make History of Psychology an excellent choice for instructors and other readers"--

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