| Description |
xvi, 762 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [691]-735) and index. |
| Contents |
Prologue: Exploring the universe within -- pt. 1. Prescientific psychology. The conjecturers -- The scholars -- The protopsychologists -- pt. 2. Founders of a new science. The physicalists -- First among equals: Wundt -- The psychologist malgré lui: William James -- Explorer of the depths: Sigmund Freud -- The measurers -- The behaviorists -- The Gestaltists -- pt. 3. Developers and specialists. The personality psychologists -- The developmentalists -- The social psychologists -- The perception psychologists -- The motivation and emotion psychologists -- The cognitivists -- The psychotherapists -- Users and misusers of psychology -- Psychology today. |
| Summary |
In the tradition of Coming of Age in the Milky Way, Cosmos, and The Discoverers--the engrossing, definitive saga of the great thinkers and scientists who for 2,500 years have been investigating the mysteries of the human mind and human behavior. The engrossing, definitive saga of the great thinkers and scientists who for twenty-five hundred years have been investigating the mysteries of the human mind and human behavior. |
| Subject |
Psychology -- History.
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| Added Title |
Psychology. |
| ISBN |
0385471491 |
| Standard No. |
978038547147 |
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