A History of Psychology in Ten Questions

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'Histories of psychology often come in three varieties: as the history of a school of psychology, as a history of the great men, or as the sequence of facts, or discoveries. But science doesn't start with facts, or schools or great scholars. Science starts with "why-questions", with "how-do-we know-questions", with "what-questions", and "is-it-true-that-questions". This is what attracts me in Hyland?s approach. He starts with the questions that were asked some time ago by scholars, and with the questions students will ask when they want to know how puzzles and problems of being human became the scientific problems of psychology.'

Rene van Hezewijk, Emeritus Professor of Psychology of the Open University of the Netherlands

'A History of Psychology in Ten Questions is an inspired way of covering crucial questions in the history of the discipline. Students often come away from a foundational history course with a confusing hodge-podge of facts and names, but Michael Hyland instead engages the reader by examining the key questions that constitute this fascinating journey from philosophy to science. Without eschewing psychology's major challenges, this volume will enlighten as well as delight those trying to understand the sprawling field that the discipline has become.'

Henderikus Stam, Professor Emeritus, University of Calgary, USA

'Having taught history and systems of psychology for many years, I can say that this is the best book on the subject that I have ever read. Besides being eye-opening and informative, it is reader friendly and exceptionally entertaining, including some very clever cartoons illustrating points made in the text. Were I to once again to teach a course on the history of psychology and the philosophy of science, this is certainly the textbook I would choose.'

Irving Kirsch, PhD, Harvard Medical School, USA