The enhanced 5 th Edition of Goodwin?s series, AHistory of Modern Psychology , explores the modern historyof psychology including the fundamental bases of psychology andpsychology?s advancements in the 20 th century. Goodwin?s 5 th Edition focuses on the reduction ofbiographical information with an emphasis on more substantialinformation including ideas and concepts and on ideas/researchcontributions. INDICE: Chapter 1. Introducing Psychology s HistoryWhy Take this Course?Key Issues in Psychology s HistoryClose–Up: E. G. Boring (1886–1968)Historiography: Doing and Writing HistoryFrom the Miles Papers: Miles Meets His Academic GrandfatherChapter 2. The Philosophical ContextA Long PastRené Descartes (1596–1650): The Beginnings of ModernPhilosophy and ScienceThe British Empiricist Argument and the AssociationistsClose–Up: Raising a PhilosopherRationalist Responses to EmpiricismIn Perspective: Philosophical FoundationsChapter 3. The Scientific ContextHeroic Science in the Age of EnlightenmentFunctioning of the Nervous SystemClose–Up: The Marketing of PhrenologyNervous System StructureFrom the Miles Papers: Miles Visits Sherrington at OxfordIn Perspective: The Nervous System and BehaviorChapter 4. Wundt and German PsychologyAn Education in GermanyOn the Threshold of Experimental Psychology: PsychophysicsWundt Establishes a New Psychology at LeipzigClose–Up: An American in LeipzigThe New Psychology SpreadsIn Perspective: A New ScienceChapter 5. Darwin s Century: Evolutionary ThinkingThe Species ProblemCharles Darwin (1809–1882) and the Theory of EvolutionThe Origins of Comparative PsychologyClose–Up: Douglas Spalding and the Experimental Study ofInstinctStudying Individual DifferencesIn Perspective: Darwin s CenturyChapter 6. American PioneersPsychology in 19th–Century AmericaWilliam James: The First of the New Psychologists inAmericaG. Stanley Hall (1844–1924): Professionalizing the NewPsychologyClose–Up: Creating Maze LearningFrom the Miles Papers: Miles and the Invention of the StylusMazeMary Whiton Calkins (1863–1930): Challenging the MaleMonopolyOther Pioneers: Ladd and BaldwinIn Perspective: Psychology at the New MillenniumChapter 7. Structuralism and FunctionalismTitchener s Psychology: StructuralismFrom the Miles Papers: Miles and the Carlisle ConferenceClose–Up: The Introspective HabitAmerica s Psychology: FunctionalismIn Perspective: Structuralism and FunctionalismChapter 8. Applying the New PsychologyThe Desire for ApplicationFrom the Miles Papers: Miles and Stanford FootballThe Mental Testing MovementClose–Up: Leta Hollingworth: Advocating for Gifted Children andDebunkingPsychology Applied to BusinessIn Perspective: Applied PsychologyChapter 9. Gestalt PsychologyThe Origins and Early Development of Gestalt PsychologyClose–Up: A Case of Espionage?Gestalt Psychology and PerceptionThe Gestalt Approach to Cognition and LearningKurt Lewin (1890–1947): Expanding the Gestalt VisionFrom the Miles Papers: Miles Learns About the Nazi Version ofAcademic FreedomIn Perspective: Gestalt Psychology in AmericaChapter 10. The Origins of BehaviorismBehaviorism s AntecedentsPavlov s Life and WorkClose–Up: Misportraying Pavlov s ApparatusFrom the Miles Papers: Miles Meets PavlovJohn B. Watson and the Founding of BehaviorismIn Perspective: Behaviorism s OriginsChapter 11. The Evolution of BehaviorismPost–Watsonian BehaviorismEdwin R. Guthrie (1886–1959): Contiguity, Contiguity,ContiguityEdward C. Tolman (1886–1959): A Purposive BehaviorismFrom the Miles Papers: Miles and the Old Boys NetworkClark Hull (1884–1952): A Hypothetico–Deductive SystemB. F. Skinner (1904–1990): A Radical BehaviorismClose–Up: The IQ Zoo and the Misbehavior ofOrganisms In Perspective: NeobehaviorismChapter 12. Mental Illness and Its TreatmentEarly Treatment of the Mentally IllClose–Up: Diagnosing Mental IllnessMesmerism and HypnosisSigmund Freud (1856–1939): Founding PsychoanalysisIn Perspective: Treating Mental IllnessChapter 13. Psychology s PractitionersThe Medical Approach to Mental IllnessClose–Up: Shell ShockClinical Psychology Before World War IIThe Emergence of Modern Clinical PsychologyPsychology and the World of Business and IndustryIn Perspective: Psychology s PractitionersChapter 14. Psychology s ResearchersCognitive Psychology Arrives (Again)Close–Up: What Revolution?Other Research AreasFrom the Miles Papers: Miles Visits LashleyIn Perspective: Psychology s ResearchersChapter 15. Psychology in the 21st CenturyResearchers and PractitionersThe Growth and Diversity of PsychologyTrends in Modern PsychologyThe Future: Psychology or Psychologies?
- ISBN: 978-1-118-83375-9
- Editorial: John Wiley & Sons
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
- Páginas: 512
- Fecha Publicación: 13/03/2015
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés