History of Modern Psychology
by Duane P. Schultz
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A market leader for over 30 years, A HISTORY OF MODERN PSYCHOLOGY has been praised for its comprehensive coverage and biographical approach. Focusing on modern psychology, the text's coverage begins with the late 19th century. The authors personalize the history of psychology not only by using biographical information on influential theorists, but also by showing how major events in those theorists' lives have affected the authors' own ideas, approaches, and methods. Substantial updates in show more this edition include discussions of evolutionary psychology, cognitive neuroscience, and positive psychology. The result is a text that is as timely and relevant today as it was when it was first introduced. show lessTags
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- Canonical title
- History of Modern Psychology
- Alternate titles
- History of Modern Psychology
- Original publication date
- 1969; 2008 (ninth edition) (ninth edition)
- People/Characters
- Gustav Theodor Fechner; Wilhelm Wundt; Hermann Ebbinghaus; Edward Bradford Titchener; Charles Darwin [Charles Robert: 1809-1882]; Francis Galton (show all 18); William James; Granville Stanley Hall; James McKeen Cattell; Hugo Münsterberg; Ivan Pavlov; John B. Watson; B. F. Skinner; Sigmund Freud; Carl Jung; Alfred Adler; Karen Horney; Abraham Maslow
- Dedication
- To Russ Nazzaro
who asked the department's
newest assistant professor,
one day long ago
"How would you like to teach
the history of psychology?" - First words
- PREFACE (to the ninth edition)
The focus of this book is the history of modern psychology, that period beginning in the late nineteenth century when psychology became a separate, independent discipline. - Blurbers
- Kottke, Janet L.
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- 5 — English, Italian, Polish, Portuguese (Portugal), Turkish
- Media
- Paper, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 23
- ASINs
- 10
