A history of modern psychology / C. James Goodwin.

By: Goodwin, C. JamesMaterial type: TextTextPublisher: Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley, c2012Edition: 4th edDescription: xvii, 558 p. : ill. ; 25 cmISBN: 9781118011454 (hardback)Subject(s): Psychology -- History -- 20th century | Psychology -- History -- 19th century | History, 20th Century | Psychology -- historyDDC classification: 150.9/04 LOC classification: BF105 | .G66 2012Other classification: PSY015000 Online resources: Cover image Summary: "The enhanced 4th Edition of Goodwin's series, A History of Modern Psychology, explores the modern history of psychology including the fundamental bases of psychology and psychology's advancements in the 20th century. Goodwin, Ph.D. in experimental psychology, has a true passion for the history of experimental psychology. Strengths of the text include his conversational writing style and attention to recent scholarship in the history of psychology. Goodwin's 4th Edition focuses on the reduction of biographical information with an emphasis on more substantial information including ideas and concepts and on ideas/research contributions; more history on the applied areas of psychology; condensed chapters, philosophical antecedents and physiological antecedents; and more psychology's history in the 20th century"--Provided by publisher.
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Machine generated contents note: Chapter 1: Introducing Psychology's HistoryChapter 2: The Philosophical ContextChapter 3: The Physiological Context: Early Research on the Nervous SystemChapter 4: Wundt and German PsychologyChapter 5: Darwin's Century: Evolutionary ThinkingChapter 6: American PioneersChapter 7: Structuralism and FunctionalismChapter 8: Applying the New PsychologyChapter 9: Gestalt PsychologyChapter 10: The Origins of BehaviorismChapter 11: The Evolution of BehaviorismChapter 12: Mental Illness and its TreatmentChapter 13: Psychology's PractitionersChapter 14: Psychological Science in the Post-War EraChapter 15: Linking Psychology's Past and Present.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

"The enhanced 4th Edition of Goodwin's series, A History of Modern Psychology, explores the modern history of psychology including the fundamental bases of psychology and psychology's advancements in the 20th century. Goodwin, Ph.D. in experimental psychology, has a true passion for the history of experimental psychology. Strengths of the text include his conversational writing style and attention to recent scholarship in the history of psychology. Goodwin's 4th Edition focuses on the reduction of biographical information with an emphasis on more substantial information including ideas and concepts and on ideas/research contributions; more history on the applied areas of psychology; condensed chapters, philosophical antecedents and physiological antecedents; and more psychology's history in the 20th century"--Provided by publisher.

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