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A history of modern psychology created by Thomas H. Leahey

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Englewood Cliffs, Prentice Hall, 1991Description: 406 pages : ill 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780133885217
Subject(s):
Contents:
Introduction : psychology, philosophy of science, and history -- The psychology of consciousness -- The psychology of the unconsious mind : Sigmund Freud and psychoanalysis -- The psychology of adaptation (1855-1891) -- The utility of consciousness : the rise of functional psychology (1892-1898) -- From consciousness to behavior : behavioralism discovered (1898-1912) -- The golden age of theory : the behaviorist era -- Applied psychology and the problems of society : psychologists in social controversy -- Reshaping psychology : psychologists in professional controversy -- Behaviorism's Indian summer : after the golden age -- Seeds of change : toward cognitive science and social unrest -- Doubt and challenge : behaviorism under fire -- Continuity in change : "revolutions" in psychology and society -- Cognitive science : from triumph to trouble -- Psychology divided, psychology ascendant : an uncertain field in a psychological land
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Includes bibliographical references and index

Introduction : psychology, philosophy of science, and history -- The psychology of consciousness -- The psychology of the unconsious mind : Sigmund Freud and psychoanalysis -- The psychology of adaptation (1855-1891) -- The utility of consciousness : the rise of functional psychology (1892-1898) -- From consciousness to behavior : behavioralism discovered (1898-1912) -- The golden age of theory : the behaviorist era -- Applied psychology and the problems of society : psychologists in social controversy -- Reshaping psychology : psychologists in professional controversy -- Behaviorism's Indian summer : after the golden age -- Seeds of change : toward cognitive science and social unrest -- Doubt and challenge : behaviorism under fire -- Continuity in change : "revolutions" in psychology and society -- Cognitive science : from triumph to trouble -- Psychology divided, psychology ascendant : an uncertain field in a psychological land

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