
Introduction to Scientific Psychology
Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers
Published on 31. May 1998
Book
Hardback
XIX, 388 pages
978-0-306-45728-9 (ISBN)
Description
We humans are faced with an interesting problem: That which we think we un derstand the most-our own behavior-we probably understand the least. On the eve of a new millennium. the planet is beset by a host of problems that are. for the most part. caused by human behavior. Ironically. although it seems that the greatest impact of our behavior is on the planet and its other inhabitants. we may actually be threatening our own future the most. For example. we have caused untold harm to the air we breathe. to the water we drink. and. by exten sion. to much of the food we eat. More important perhaps. we have created a so ciety in which. among other things. many people are anxious and depressed. young women starve themselves. and alcohol and cigarette use are responsible for hundreds of thousands of cases of illness and death every year. And humans still murder one another at an astounding rate. while at the same time continu ing to affirm the value of human life. At a time when it is critical that our chil dren become educated. more and more children are not learning the basic skills they will need to think logically so that they can begin to solve the world's problems. The question may be not "Can the planet survive?" but. rather. "Can we humans survive and change our own destructive actions?" Although many scholars. philosophers.
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Edition
1998 ed.
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
Springer Science+Business Media
Target group
College/higher education
Research
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XIX, 388 p.
Dimensions
Height: 241 mm
Width: 160 mm
Thickness: 27 mm
Weight
781 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-306-45728-9 (9780306457289)
DOI
10.1007/978-1-4899-1893-2
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Content
I. Scientific Psychology.- 1. Historical Origins.- 2. Science and Psychology.- 3. Research Methods.- II. Behavioral Causation.- 4. Phylogeny: Evolution and Behavior.- 5. Ontogeny: Classical Conditioning.- 6. Ontogeny: Operant Conditioning.- 7. Neurophysiology and Behavior.- III. Applications of Scientific Psychology.- 8. Language.- 9. Cognition.- 10. Human Evolutionary and Prenatal Development.- 11. Development through Early Childhood.- 12. Individual Differences: Intelligence, Personality, and Social Behavior.- 13. Troublesome Behavior.- References.