Pioneers of psychology

By:

Francher Raymond E

Contributor(s):

Publication details: London W W Norton & Company Inc 1996Description: 511pISBN:

9780393283549

Subject(s):

1. Psychology - Psychologists - History

DDC classification:

150.920000 FRA

Contents:

Contents: Introduction: Studying the history of psychology; Foundational ideas from antiquity; Pioneering philosophers of mind: Descartes, Locke, and Leibniz; Physiologists of mind : brain scientists from Gall to Penfield; The sensing and perceiving mind : from Kant through the Gestalt psychologists; Wundt and the establishment of experimental psychology; The evolving mind: Darwin and his psychological legacy; Measuring the mind: Galton and individual differences; American pioneers: James, Hall, Calkins, and Thorndike; Psychology as the science of behavior: Pavlov, Watson, and Skinner; Social influence and social psychology : from Mesmer to Milgram and beyond; Mind in conflict : Freudian psychoanalysis and its successors; Psychology gets "personality": Allport, Maslow and the broadening field; The developing mind: Binet, Piaget, and the study of intelligence; Minds, machines, and cognitive psychology; Applying psychology: from the witness stand to the workplace; The art and science of clinical psychology

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Item type	Current library	Shelving location	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
BOOKs	National Law School	NKCR SECTION	150.92 FRA (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Not For Loan		32391

Contents:
Introduction: Studying the history of psychology;
Foundational ideas from antiquity;
Pioneering philosophers of mind: Descartes, Locke, and Leibniz;
Physiologists of mind : brain scientists from Gall to Penfield;
The sensing and perceiving mind : from Kant through the Gestalt psychologists;
Wundt and the establishment of experimental psychology;
The evolving mind: Darwin and his psychological legacy;
Measuring the mind: Galton and individual differences;
American pioneers: James, Hall, Calkins, and Thorndike;
Psychology as the science of behavior: Pavlov, Watson, and Skinner;
Social influence and social psychology : from Mesmer to Milgram and beyond;
Mind in conflict : Freudian psychoanalysis and its successors;
Psychology gets "personality": Allport, Maslow and the broadening field;
The developing mind: Binet, Piaget, and the study of intelligence;
Minds, machines, and cognitive psychology;
Applying psychology: from the witness stand to the workplace;
The art and science of clinical psychology

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