A History of Modern PsychologyWith the Third Edition of Goodwin's A History of Modern Psychology, students will learn about the fascinating men and women who helped create and shape the field of psychology. They will also develop a deeper understanding of the many interconnections that exist among the different areas of psychology. Goodwin's book not only provides accounts of the lives and contributions of psychology's pioneers set into historical context; it also contains original writings by these psychologists, interwoven with informative comments from the author. The text is written in a conversational and engaging style with discrete attention to recent scholarship in the history of psychology, especially that of the past 150 years. |
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KEY DATE BOXESDATE SUMMARY | 2 |
Why Study Psychologys History? | 7 |
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American psychologists animal approach argued association basic became began behavior behaviorist believed brain Calkins called Cattell Chapter Clark Clark University clinical cognitive psychology comparative psychology completed concept consciousness contributions created Darwin Descartes Describe developed doctorate E. G. Boring Ebbinghaus emotional environment example experience experimental psychology faculty Figure Freud function Galton German gestalt gestalt psychology gestaltists Goddard graduate Hall Harvard Helmholtz Hermann Ebbinghaus historians history of psychology Hugo Münsterberg human ideas important included individual influence intelligence interest introspection James James McKeen Cattell Köhler laboratory later learning Leipzig Lewin maze memory mental testing method mind Münsterberg nineteenth century observers occurred Oswald Külpe Pavlov perception person philosophy phrenology physiology problem processes produced psychology's history psychophysics reaction reflex scientific scientists sensation sensory Skinner species stimulus theory thinking Thorndike Titchener Titchener's Tolman University Watson Wertheimer Wilhelm Wundt women Wundt Yerkes