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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