A History of Psychology
Published on 8. February 1996
Book
Hardback
350 pages
978-0-205-15403-6 (ISBN)
Description
Twenty-five years of teaching the history of psychology has culminated in Benjafield's engaging text, which combines a thorough overview of pre-20th century developments with a major focus on advances that took place within this century. A new level of comprehensiveness is reached in separate chapters on the history of developmental psychology, the history of methodology, William James, humanistic psychology, and cognitive psychology.
While covering the major figures in the historical development of psychology (Pythagoras, Plato, Aristotle, St. Thomas Aquinas, Descartes, Locke, Berkeley, Hume, Kant, Darwin), Benjafield also acknowledges key influences such as Mary Wollstonecraft, Lao-Tsu, and Isaac Newton, and several often-neglected women such as Christine Ladd-Franklin, Eleanor Gibson, Edith Kaplan, and many others. In addition, the unusually large number of figures and graphs included in the book help students create a visual picture of how psychology has evolved and enhance Benjafield's multidimensional presentation of the material.
While covering the major figures in the historical development of psychology (Pythagoras, Plato, Aristotle, St. Thomas Aquinas, Descartes, Locke, Berkeley, Hume, Kant, Darwin), Benjafield also acknowledges key influences such as Mary Wollstonecraft, Lao-Tsu, and Isaac Newton, and several often-neglected women such as Christine Ladd-Franklin, Eleanor Gibson, Edith Kaplan, and many others. In addition, the unusually large number of figures and graphs included in the book help students create a visual picture of how psychology has evolved and enhance Benjafield's multidimensional presentation of the material.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Pearson Education (US)
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 242 mm
Width: 182 mm
Thickness: 23 mm
Weight
766 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-205-15403-6 (9780205154036)
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Content
Preface.
1. Touchstones: The Origins of Psychological Thought.
Pythagoras (570-495 BC).
Plato (427-347 BC).
Lao-Tsu (6th Century BC).
Aristotle (384-323 BC).
2. Touchstones: From Descartes to Darwin.
Rene Descartes (1596-1650).
The British Empiricists: John Locke (1602-1704), George Berkeley (1685-1753) and David Hume (1711-1776).
Mary Wollstonecraft (1759-1797).
Immanuel Kant (1724-1804).
Charles Darwin (1809-1882).
Studying the History of Psychology.
3. Nineteenth Century Pioneers.
Overview.
J.F. Herbart (1776-1841).
G.T. Fechner (1801-1887).
Hermann von Helmholtz (1821-1884).
Francis Galton (1822-1911).
Herbert Spencer (1820-1903).
4. Wundt and His Contemporaries.
Wilhelm Wundt (1832-1920).
Hermann Ebbinghaus (1850-1909).
Franz Brentano (1838-1917).
5. William James (1842-1910).
The Principles of Psychology.
Other Topics.
6. Freud and Jung.
The Unconscious.
Sigmund Freud (1856-1939).
C.G. Jung (1875-1961).
7. Structure or Function?
Edwin B. Titchener (1867-1927).
Functionalism.
John Dewey (1859-1952).
Intelligence Testing.
Psychology in Business.
Comparative Psychology.
8. Behaviorism.
Ivan P. Pavlov (1849-1936).
John B. Watson (1878-1958).
Karl S. Lashley (1890-1958).
B.F. Skinner (1904-1990).
9. Gestalt Psychology.
Max Wertheimer (1880-1943).
Wolfgang Kohler (1887-1967).
Kurt Koffka (1886-1941).
Kurt Lewin (1890-1947) and the Emergence of Social Psychology.
Kurt Goldstein (1878-1965).
10. Research Methods.
Philosophy of Science.
Experimental Methods.
R.A. Fisher (1890-1962).
Correlational Methods.
Charles Spearman (1863-1945).
Cyril Burt (1883-1971).
Louis Leon Thurstone (1887-1955).
The Two Disciplines of Scientific Psychology.
11. Theories of Learning.
Ernest R. Hilgard (1904-).
E.R. Guthrie (1886-1959).
Clark L. Hull (1884-1952).
E.C. Tolman (1886-1959).
The Verbal Learning Tradition.
D.O. Hebb (1904-1985).
Albert Bandura (1925-).
12. The Developmental Point of View.
G. Stanley Hall (1884-1924).
James Mark Baldwin (1861-1934).
Heinz Werner (1890-1964).
Jean Piaget (1896-1980) and Baerbel Inhelder (1913-).
L.S. Vygotsky (1896-1934).
Erik H. Erikson (1902-).
Eleanor J. Gibson (1910-).
13. Humanistic Psychology.
Existentialism.
The Emergence of Humanistic Psychology.
Rollo May (1909-1994).
Abraham H. Maslow (1908-1970).
Carl R. Rogers (1902-1987).
George A. Kelly (1905-1967).
14. Cognitive Psychology.
The Concept of Information.
Noam Chomsky (1928-).
George A. Miller (1920-).
Jerome S. Bruner (1915-).
Sir Frederic Bartlett (1886-1969).
Ulric Neisser (1928-).
Herbert A. Simon (1916-).
15. The Future of Psychology.
The New History of Science.
Contextualism.
Feminism and the Psychology of Women.
Is Psychology a Social Construction?
Is Psychology Postmodern?
Future Histories.
Names and Concepts to Learn and Remember.
1. Touchstones: The Origins of Psychological Thought.
Pythagoras (570-495 BC).
Plato (427-347 BC).
Lao-Tsu (6th Century BC).
Aristotle (384-323 BC).
2. Touchstones: From Descartes to Darwin.
Rene Descartes (1596-1650).
The British Empiricists: John Locke (1602-1704), George Berkeley (1685-1753) and David Hume (1711-1776).
Mary Wollstonecraft (1759-1797).
Immanuel Kant (1724-1804).
Charles Darwin (1809-1882).
Studying the History of Psychology.
3. Nineteenth Century Pioneers.
Overview.
J.F. Herbart (1776-1841).
G.T. Fechner (1801-1887).
Hermann von Helmholtz (1821-1884).
Francis Galton (1822-1911).
Herbert Spencer (1820-1903).
4. Wundt and His Contemporaries.
Wilhelm Wundt (1832-1920).
Hermann Ebbinghaus (1850-1909).
Franz Brentano (1838-1917).
5. William James (1842-1910).
The Principles of Psychology.
Other Topics.
6. Freud and Jung.
The Unconscious.
Sigmund Freud (1856-1939).
C.G. Jung (1875-1961).
7. Structure or Function?
Edwin B. Titchener (1867-1927).
Functionalism.
John Dewey (1859-1952).
Intelligence Testing.
Psychology in Business.
Comparative Psychology.
8. Behaviorism.
Ivan P. Pavlov (1849-1936).
John B. Watson (1878-1958).
Karl S. Lashley (1890-1958).
B.F. Skinner (1904-1990).
9. Gestalt Psychology.
Max Wertheimer (1880-1943).
Wolfgang Kohler (1887-1967).
Kurt Koffka (1886-1941).
Kurt Lewin (1890-1947) and the Emergence of Social Psychology.
Kurt Goldstein (1878-1965).
10. Research Methods.
Philosophy of Science.
Experimental Methods.
R.A. Fisher (1890-1962).
Correlational Methods.
Charles Spearman (1863-1945).
Cyril Burt (1883-1971).
Louis Leon Thurstone (1887-1955).
The Two Disciplines of Scientific Psychology.
11. Theories of Learning.
Ernest R. Hilgard (1904-).
E.R. Guthrie (1886-1959).
Clark L. Hull (1884-1952).
E.C. Tolman (1886-1959).
The Verbal Learning Tradition.
D.O. Hebb (1904-1985).
Albert Bandura (1925-).
12. The Developmental Point of View.
G. Stanley Hall (1884-1924).
James Mark Baldwin (1861-1934).
Heinz Werner (1890-1964).
Jean Piaget (1896-1980) and Baerbel Inhelder (1913-).
L.S. Vygotsky (1896-1934).
Erik H. Erikson (1902-).
Eleanor J. Gibson (1910-).
13. Humanistic Psychology.
Existentialism.
The Emergence of Humanistic Psychology.
Rollo May (1909-1994).
Abraham H. Maslow (1908-1970).
Carl R. Rogers (1902-1987).
George A. Kelly (1905-1967).
14. Cognitive Psychology.
The Concept of Information.
Noam Chomsky (1928-).
George A. Miller (1920-).
Jerome S. Bruner (1915-).
Sir Frederic Bartlett (1886-1969).
Ulric Neisser (1928-).
Herbert A. Simon (1916-).
15. The Future of Psychology.
The New History of Science.
Contextualism.
Feminism and the Psychology of Women.
Is Psychology a Social Construction?
Is Psychology Postmodern?
Future Histories.
Names and Concepts to Learn and Remember.