[PDF] Historical Parallels In The Development Of Physics And Psychology eBook

Author : Wade Pickren
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 420 pages
File Size : 43,63 MB
Release : 2010-02-22
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 0470276096

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A fresh look at the history of psychology placed in its social, political, and cultural contexts A History of Modern Psychology in Context presents the history of modern psychology in the richness of its many contexts. The authors resist the traditional storylines of great achievements by eminent people, or schools of thought that rise and fall in the wake of scientific progress. Instead, psychology is portrayed as a network of scientific and professional practices embedded in specific temporal, social, political, and cultural contexts. The narrative is informed by three key concepts—indigenization, reflexivity, and social constructionism—and by the fascinating interplay between disciplinary Psychology and everyday psychology. The authors complicate the notion of who is at the center and who is at the periphery of the history of psychology by bringing in actors and events that are often overlooked in traditional accounts. They also highlight how the reflexive nature of Psychology—a science produced both by and about humans—accords history a prominent place in understanding the discipline and the theories it generates. Throughout the text, the authors show how Psychology and psychologists are embedded in cultures that indelibly shape how the discipline is defined and practiced, the kind of knowledge it creates, and how this knowledge is received. The text also moves beyond an exclusive focus on the development of North American and European psychologies to explore the development of psychologies in other indigenous contexts, especially from the mid-20th-century onward.

Author : Richard Gross
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 377 pages
File Size : 41,8 MB
Release : 2017-07-06
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 1134839189

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Psychology, the study of mind and behaviour, has developed as a unique discipline in its brief history. Whether as it currently takes place, or how it has been conducted over the past 140 years or so since it became recognized as a separate field of study, there has been constant debate on its identity as a science. Psychology in Historical Context: Theories and Debates examines this debate by tracing the emergence of Psychology from parent disciplines, such as philosophy and physiology, and analyzes key topics such as: the nature of science, itself a much misunderstood human activity often equated with natural science; the nature of the scientific method, and the relationship between data gathering and generalization; the nature of certainty and objectivity, and their relevance to understanding the kind of scientific discipline Psychology is today. This engaging overview, written by renowned author Richard Gross, is an accessible account of the main conceptual themes and historical developments. Covering the core fields of individual differences, cognitive, social, and developmental psychology, as well as evolutionary and biopsychology, it will enable readers to understand how key ideas and theories have had impacts across a range of topics. This is the only concise textbook to give students a thorough grounding in the major conceptual ideas within the field, as well as the key figures whose ideas have helped to shape it.

Author : C. James Goodwin
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 10,69 MB
Release : 2009-02-09
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 0470228113

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Annotated Readings in the History of MODERN PSYCHOLOGGY There’s no substitute for the original… If you want to really understand the underpinnings of psychology today, go to the source! Unfortunately, original source readings can seem a bit daunting—these works were written at a particular time and place in psychology’s history. Understanding them requires knowledge of the historical context in which the work was written, as well as background on the writer. This book of annotated readings aims to solve this problem. Each of the 36 chapters in this reader includes substantial excerpts from important books and papers in psychology’s history, accompanied by running annotations that address the meaning of the reading’s content, how the content relates to contemporary historical context, and the significance of the material for psychology’s history. Featuring 36 original readings ranging from Watson’s Behaviorist Manifesto to Freud’s Clark lectures on psychoanalysis to Maslow’s hierarchy of needs, C. James Goodwin’s Annotated Readings in the History of Modern Psychology provides insight into some of psychology’s brightest minds, while making the material easy to comprehend for today’s readers.

Author : Richard T. G. Walsh
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 729 pages
File Size : 46,14 MB
Release : 2014-03-20
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 0521870763

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Presents a fresh perspective that explores the development of psychology as both a human and a natural science.

Author : D. Brett King
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 1086 pages
File Size : 21,67 MB
Release : 2015-07-14
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 1317350596

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A History of Psychology: Ideas & Context, 5/e, traces psychological thought from antiquity through early 21st century advances, giving students a thorough look into psychology’s origins and development. This title provides in-depth coverage of intellectual trends, major systems of thought, and key developments in basic and applied psychology.

Author : Per Saugstad
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 575 pages
File Size : 23,94 MB
Release : 2018-11-08
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 1107109892

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This textbook presents an engaging and global history of psychological science, from the birth of the field to the present.

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Publisher : BRILL
Page : 159 pages
File Size : 44,33 MB
Release : 2009-01-01
Category : Education
ISBN : 9460910688

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Understanding students’ historical understanding is a complex and challenging endeavour, for history teachers as well as for researchers from diverse fields. Since historical situations contain interpersonal and social issues that happened in the past, not only history educators are interested in how students understand them.