| Edition |
1st ed. |
| Description |
xvi, 762 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 691-735) and index. |
| Contents |
Prologue: Exploring the universe within (p.1) -- Part one: Prescientific psychology. The conjecturers (p.11) -- The scholars (p.34) -- The protopsychologists (p.60) -- Part two: Founders of a new science. The physicalists (p.97) -- First among equals : Wundt (p.127) -- The psychologist Malgre Lui : William James (p.144) -- Explorer of the depths : Sigmund Freud (p.166) -- The measurers (p.208) -- The behaviorists (p.242) -- The gestaltists (p.280) -- Part three: Developers and specialists. Introduction: The fissioning of psychology (p.309) -- The personality psychologists (p.311) -- The developmentalists (p.350) -- Contents (cont.): The social psychologists (p.396) -- The perception psychologists (p.435) -- The motivation and emotion psychologists (p.479) -- The cognitivists (p.511) -- The psychotherapists (p.559) -- Users and misusers of psychology (p.599) -- Psychology today (p.634) -- Notes (p.655) -- References (p.691) -- Acknowledgments (p.737) -- Index (p.741). |
| Summary |
Chronicle of the thinkers and scientists who for twenty-five hundred years have been investigating the mysteries of human mind and human behavior. |
| Subject |
Psychology -- History.
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Psychoanalysis -- history.
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Psychology. (OCoLC)fst01081447
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| Indexed Term |
Psychology History |
| Genre/Form |
Biography.
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History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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| Added Title |
Psychology |
| ISBN |
0385247621 |
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9780385247627 |
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0385471491 |
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9780385471497 |
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