A Brief History of Modern Psychology

2. Auflage 2014
ISBN: 978-1-118-20677-5
Verlag: WILEY

Buch, Englisch, 272 Seiten, Format (B × H): 151 mm x 226 mm, Gewicht: 391 g

In A Brief History of Modern Psychology, 2nd Edition, Ludy Benjamin, leading historian in the field, discusses the history of both the science and the practice of psychology since the establishment of the first experimental psychology laboratory in 1879.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Benjamin, Ludy T.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychologie / Allgemeines & Theorie Geschichte der Psychologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychologie / Allgemeines & Theorie Psychologische Theorie, Psychoanalyse

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Illustrations ix

Preface x

1 Pre-Scientific Psychology 1

2 Physiology, Psychophysics, and the Science of Mind 20

3 Germany and the Birth of a New Science 38

4 Origins of Scientific Psychology in America 58

5 The Early Schools of American Psychology 77

6 The Birth of the New Applied Psychology in America 98

7 Psychoanalysis 118

8 Behaviorism 139

9 The New Profession of Psychology 160

10 A Psychology of Social Action and Social Change 182

11 Cognitive Psychology 203

Epilogue 224

References 229

Index 244