A history of psychology : a global perspective /: a global perspective. (2014)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Eric Shiraev, George Mason University.
• Other Names: Shiraev, Eric, 1960-
• Contents: Preface; About the Author; 1. Understanding Psychology's History; Prologue; Four Types of Knowledge in Psychology; Society and Psychology’s History; Historiography of Psychology; Understanding the History of Psychology; Conclusion; Summary; Key Terms; 2. Early Psychological Knowledge; Psychological Knowledge at the Beginning of Human Civilization; Psychological Knowledge in the Civilization of the Greeks; Psychological Knowledge in India and China: An Introduction to Non-Western Tradition in Psychology; Psychological Knowledge at the Turn of the First Millennium; Further Development of Knowledge in the High Middle Ages (1000–1300s); Assessments; Conclusion; Summary; Key Terms; 3. Psychology During Mid-Millenium Transitions; Transitions From the Late 15th to the End of the 18th Century; Psychology in Mid-Millennium: What People Knew; The Impact of Scholars and Their Theories; French Materialism and Enlightenment; Assessments; Conclusion; Summary; Key Terms; 4. Psychology in the Laboratory; Transitions of the 19th Century; Physiology and Philosophy: Two Academic Schools; Early Measurements in Psychology; First Psychological Laboratories; In the Laboratory: Psychology in Search for Own Identity; Assessments; Conclusion; Summary; Key Terms; 5. Psychology and the Mass Society at the Beginning of the 20th Century; The Social and Cultural Landscape; Advances in Natural and Social Sciences and Their Impact on Psychology; Psychology as a Scientific Discipline; Functionalism: Connecting the Individual and the Social Environment; Evolutionary Ideas in Psychology; New Fields of Psychology; Assessments; Conclusion; Summary; Key Terms; 6. Clinical Research and Psychology at the End of the 19th and Beginning of the 20th Century; What People Knew About Mental Illness; Social Climate and Psychopathology; Understanding Mental Illness; Early Attempts at Treatment; Assessments; Conclusion; Summary; Key Terms; 7. The Birth and Development of the Behaviorist Tradition; The Social Landscape: The Right Time for Behaviorism?; Animal Psychology; Studies of Reflexes; The Behaviorism of John Watson; Assessments; Conclusion; Summary; Key Terms; 8. The Birth and Development of Psychoanalysis; The Social and Scientific Landscape; Sigmund Freud and Psychoanalysis; Early Transitions of Psychoanalysis: Alfred Adler; Early Transitions of Psychoanalysis: Carl Jung; Assessments; Conclusion; Summary; Key Terms; 9. The Paths of Gestalt Psychology; The Social Landscape After the Great War; Principles of Gestalt Psychology; Advancements of Gestalt Theory; Assessments; Conclusion; Summary; Key Terms; 10. Theoretical and Applied Psychology After the Great War; Society and Psychology; Psychological Testing; Psychology of Development and Cognition; Personality Theories; Early Social Psychology; Assessments; Conclusion; Summary; Key Terms; 11. Behaviorism and Psychoanalysis in the Mid-20th Century; Further Development of Behaviorism; A Winding Road of Psychoanalysis; Assessment of Behaviorism and Psychoanalysis; Conclusion; Summary; Key Terms; 12. Humanistic and Cognitive Psychology; The Social Landscape; Humanistic Psychology; Cognitive Psychology; Conclusion; Summary; Key Terms; 13. Focusing on Contemporary Issues; Lesson 1. Psychology Continues to Address Its “Traditional Themes”; Lesson 2. Psychology Welcomes Interdisciplinary Science; Lesson 3. Psychology Did Not Abandon Its Established Traditions; Lesson 4. Psychology Can Correct Its Past Mistakes; Lesson 5. Psychology Remains a Progressive Science; Summary; Key Terms; References; Glossary; Figure and Photo Credits; Author Index; Subject Index;
• Edition: 2nd edition
• Publisher Details: Thousand Oaks : SAGE Publications, Inc
• Publication Date: 2014
• Extent: 1 online resource (520 pages)
• Subjects: 150.9; Psychology -- History
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781483323954; 1483323951
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