An Introduction to the History of Psychology 7th Edition by B. R. Hergenhahn, ISBN-13: 978-1133958093

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An Introduction to the History of Psychology 7th Edition by B. R. Hergenhahn, ISBN-13: 978-1133958093

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• Publisher: ‎ Cengage Learning; 7th edition (February 27, 2013)
• Language: ‎ English
• 720 pages
• ISBN-10: ‎ 1133958095
• ISBN-13: ‎ 978-1133958093

Dreams puzzled early man, Greek philosophers spun elaborate theories to explain human memory and perception, Descartes postulated that the brain was filled with “animal spirits,” and psychology was officially deemed a “science” in the 19th century. In this Seventh Edition of AN INTRODUCTION TO THE HISTORY OF PSYCHOLOGY, authors Hergenhahn and Henley demonstrate that most of the concerns of contemporary psychologists are manifestations of themes that have been part of psychology for hundreds–or even thousands–of years. The book’s numerous photographs and pedagogical devices, along with its biographical material on key figures in psychology, engage readers and facilitate their understanding of each chapter. Available with InfoTrac Student Collections http://gocengage.com/infotrac.

Table of Contents:

Title

Statement

Copyright

Brief Contents

Contents

Preface

Dedication

Ch 1: Introduction

Introduction

Problems in Writing a History of Psychology

Why Study the History of Psychology?

What is Science?

Revisions in the Traditional View of Science

Is Psychology a Science?

Persistent Questions in Psychology

Summary

Discussion Questions

Suggestions for Further Reading

Glossary

Ch 2: Ancient Greece

The Ancient World

The First Philosophers

Early Greek Medicine

The Relativity of Truth

Plato

Aristotle

The Importance of Early Greek Philosophy

Summary

Discussion Questions

Suggestions for Further Reading

Glossary

Ch 3: Rome and the Middle Ages

Introduction

After Aristotle

Philosophy in Rome

Emphasis on Spirit

The Dark Ages

Islamic and Jewish Influences

Reconciliation of Christian Faith and Reason

Scholasticism

William of Occam: A Turning Point

The Spirit of the Times before the Renaissance

Summary

Discussion Questions

Suggestions for Further Reading

Glossary

Ch 4: Renaissance Science and Philosophy

Introduction

Challenges to Church Authority

Renaissance Humanism

Ptolemy, Copernicus, Kepler, and Galileo

Isaac Newton

Francis Bacon

Rene Descartes

Summary

Discussion Questions

Suggestions for Further Reading

Glossary

Ch 5: Empiricism, Sensationalism, and Positivism

Introduction

British Empiricism

French Sensationalism

Positivism

Summary

Discussion Questions

Suggestions for Further Reading

Glossary

Ch 6: Rationalism

Introduction

Baruch Spinoza

Gottfried Wilhelm Von Leibniz

Thomas Reid

Immanuel Kant

Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel

Johann Friedrich Herbart

Summary

Discussion Questions

Suggestions for Further Reading

Glossary

Ch 7: Romanticism and Existentialism

Introduction

Romanticism

Existentialism

Kierkegaard and Nietzsche as Psychology

Summary

Discussion Questions

Suggestions for Further Reading

Glossary

Ch 8: Physiology and Psychophysics

Introduction

Objective and Subjective Differences

Bell-Magendie Law

Doctrine of Specific Nerve Energies

Hermann Von Helmholtz

Ewald Hering

Christine Ladd-Franklin

Early Research on Brain Functioning

The Rise of Experimental Psychology

Summary

Discussion Questions

Suggestions for Further Reading

Glossary

Ch 9: Early Approaches to Psychology

Introduction

Voluntarism

Wilhelm Maximilian Wundt

Völkerpsychologie

Edward Bradford Titchener

Early German Psychology

Summary

Discussion Questions

Suggestions for Further Reading

Glossary

Ch 10: Evolution and Individual Differences

Introduction

Evolutionary Theory before Darwin

Charles Darwin

Sir Francis Galton

Individual Differences in Intelligence

Intelligence Testing in the United States

Intelligence Testing in the Army

Modern Testing

Summary

Discussion Questions

Suggestions for Further Reading

Glossary

Ch 11: American Psychology and Functionalism

Introduction

Early U.S. Psychology

Characteristics of Functional Psychology

William James

Hugo Münsterberg

Granville Stanley Hall

Functionalism at Chicago

Functionalism at Columbia

Beyond Functionalism

Summary

Discussion Questions

Suggestions for Further Reading

Glossary

Ch 12: Behaviorism

Introduction

Russian Objective Psychology

John B. Watson and Behaviorism

William Mcdougall: Another Type of Behaviorism

Summary

Discussion Questions

Suggestions for Further Reading

Glossary

Ch 13: Neobehaviorism

Positivism

Logical Positivism

Edwin Ray Guthrie

Clark Leonard Hull

B. F. Skinner

Edward Chace Tolman

Behaviorism Today

Summary

Discussion Questions

Suggestions for Further Reading

Glossary

Ch 14: Gestalt Psychology

Introduction

Antecedents of Gestalt Psychology

The Founding of Gestalt Psychology

Isomorphism and the Law of Prägnanz

Perception

The Gestalt Explanation of Learning

Productive Thinking

Kurt Lewin’s Field Theory

The Impact of Gestalt Psychology

Summary

Discussion Questions

Suggestions for Further Reading

Glossary

Ch 15: Early Considerations of Mental Illness

What is Mental Illness?

Early Approaches to the Treatment of Mental Illness

Improvement in the Treatment of Mental Illness

Tensions between Psychological and Medical Models

The Use of Hypnotism

Summary

Discussion Questions

Suggestions for Further Reading

Glossary

Ch 16: Psychoanalysis

Introduction

Antecedents to the Development of Psychoanalysis

Sigmund Freud

Early Influences on the Development of Psychoanalysis

Project for a Scientific Psychology

The Psychopathology of Everyday Life

A Review of Freud’s Theory of Personality

Freud’s Fate

Beyond Freud

Summary

Discussion Questions

Suggestions for Further Reading

Glossary

Ch 17: Humanistic (Third-Force) Psychology

The Mind, the Body, and the Spirit

Antecedents of Third-Force Psychology

Existential Psychology

Humanistic Psychology

Summary

Discussion Questions

Suggestions for Further Reading

Glossary

Ch 18: Psychobiology

Introduction

Karl S. Lashley

Donald O. Hebb

Roger W. Sperry

Evolutionary Approaches

Summary

Discussion Questions

Suggestions for Further Reading

Glossary

Ch 19: Cognitive Psychology

Introduction

Early Influences

Developments around the 1950s

A Cognitive Revolution

Artificial Intelligence

Cognitive Science

Connectionism

Summary

Discussion Questions

Suggestions for Further Reading

Glossary

Ch 20: Psychology Today

Introduction

Divisions of the American Psychological Association

Basic and Applied Psychology

Psychology’s Status as a Science

Postmodernism

Is There Anything New in Psychology?

Summary

Discussion Questions

Suggestions for Further Reading

Glossary

References

Text Credit

Name Index

Subject Index

A former chair of Hamline’s psychology department at Hamline University, Dr. B. R. Hergenhahn has been awarded for excellence in teaching, has authored several widely adopted textbooks and numerous journal articles.

Tracy Henley earned his Ph.D. in psychology at the University of Tennessee, where he co-edited his first book, REFLECTIONS ON THE PRINCIPLES OF PSYCHOLOGY: WILLIAM JAMES AFTER A CENTURY. Subsequently, he co-authored THE PHENOMENOLOGY OF EVERYDAY LIFE, CONNECTIONS IN THE HISTORY AND SYSTEMS OF PSYCHOLOGY, HANDBOOK OF COGNITIVE ARCHEOLOGY: PSYCHOLOGY IN PREHISTORY and PSYCHOLOGY AND ARCHEOLOGY: AN INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACH TO THE STUDY OF THE HUMAN MIND. Dr. Henley has also authored more than 90 publications in the areas of history, methods, psycholinguistics and social cognition and has worked on numerous federal research grants. Dr. Henley spent 13 years on the faculty at Mississippi State University, teaching and conducting research in philosophy and psychology. In 2001, he spent his first sabbatical working for a computer game company and still dabbles in game design. In 2003, Dr. Henley accepted the position of Head of the Department of Psychology and Special Education at Texas A & M University-Commerce (TAMU-C). Later, he worked there as Director of Grants and Research for the College of Education and Human Services. In 2012, he also served as President of the Southwestern Psychological Association. Currently, he is Professor of Psychology at TAMU-C and working primarily on matters involving the history and prehistory of psychology.

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