| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
xv, 397 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
1. René Descartes and the foundations of modern psychology -- 2. The physiology of mind: conceptions of the brain from Gall to Penfield -- 3. The sensing and perceiving mind: Kant, Helmholtz, and the Gestalt psychologists -- 4. Psychology in the university: Wilhelm Wundt and William James -- 5. Early hypnotists and the psychology of social influence -- 6. Man in conflict: the psychoanalytic psychology of Sigmund Freud -- 7. The measurement of mind: Francis Galton and the psychology of individual differences -- 8. Psychology as the science of behavior: Ivan Pavlov and John B. Watson -- 9. Modern pioneers: Jean Piaget and B.F. Skinner. |
| Subject |
Psychology -- History.
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Psychologists -- History.
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Psychology -- Biography.
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Psychology -- history.
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| ISBN |
0393011615 |
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0393090825 paperback |
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