A History of Modern Psychology

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Academic Press, 2.10.2013 - 462 sivua
A History of Modern Psychology, 3rd Edition discusses the development and decline of schools of thought in modern psychology. The book presents the continuing refinement of the tools, techniques, and methods of psychology in order to achieve increased precision and objectivity. Chapters focus on relevant topics such as the role of history in understanding the diversity and divisiveness of contemporary psychology; the impact of physics on the cognitive revolution and humanistic psychology; the influence of mechanism on Descartes's thinking; and the evolution of the third force, humanistic psychology. Undergraduate students of psychology and related fields will find the book invaluable in their pursuit of knowledge.
 

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CHAPTER 1 THE STUDY OF THE HISTORY OF PSYCHOLOGY
1
CHAPTER 2 DIRECT PHILOSOPHICAL INFLUENCES ON PSYCHOLOGY
16
CHAPTER 3 PHYSIOLOGICAL INFLUENCES ON PSYCHOLOGY
38
STRUCTURALISM AND ITS EARLY OPPONENTS
59
FINAL FORM
87
ANTECEDENT INFLUENCES
112
AMERICAN PIONEERS
134
FORMAL DEVELOPMENT
161
THE BEGINNINGS
203
AFTER THE FOUNDING
234
CHAPTER 12 GESTALT PSYCHOLOGY
273
THE BEGINNINGS
308
AFTER THE FOUNDING
342
CHAPTER 15 MORE RECENT DEVELOPMENTS
367
Bibliography
394
Index
410

ANTECEDENT INFLUENCES
183

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