Annotated Readings in the History of Modern Psychology

by Goodwin, C. James

• ISBN13: 9780470228111
• ISBN10: 0470228113
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-02-09
• Publisher: Wiley

Summary

Goodwin presents psychologists with an innovative new book that offers a set of important readings along with a running annotation that addresses the meaning of the reading s content. This includes a look at how the content relates to the contemporary historical context and the significance of the material for psychology s history. Each chapter begins with basic biographical information about the writer and concludes with narrative that places the writings in their historical context and explains their significance. Brief explanations, elaborations, or narrative that aims to connect the different segments are integrated throughout the excerpts from that person s writing. Psychologists will gain an even stronger understanding of and appreciation for the subject.

Author Biography

Dr. C. James Goodwin  is Professor and Chair of the Psychol­ogy Department at Wheeling Jesuit University. He has published research on human memory processes, the history of psychology, and the teaching of psychology. Dr. Goodwin was named a Fellow of the American Psychological Association, and was awarded the NASA Space Grant Consortium research grant for undergraduate research project.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. vi
Acknowledgments	p. ix
Chapter Previews	p. xi
Rationalist and Empiricst Epistemologies
Rene Descartes (1596-1650): Mind-Body Interactionism	p. 1
John Stuart Mill (1806-1873): British Empiricism Firsthand	p. 7
Nineteenth Century Studies of the Brain
Francois Magendie (1783-1855): The Bell-Magendie Principle	p. 14
Paul Broca (1824-1880): The Case of "Tan"	p. 19
The "New Psychology" Emerges
Wilhelm Wundt (1832-1920): A New Scientific Psychology	p. 24
Hermann Ebbinghaus (1850-1909): On Memory	p. 32
Comparative Psychology
Willard S. Small (1870-1943): Inventing Maze Learning	p. 41
Edward L. Thorndike (1874-1949): Cats in Puzzle Boxes	p. 48
American Pioneers
William James (1842-1910): On Consciousness and Emotion	p. 55
Mary Whiton Calkins (1863-1930): Experiments on Association	p. 62
Structuralism and Functionalism
E. B. Titchener (1867-1927): A Structural Psychology	p. 70
James Rowland Angell (1869-1949): A Functional Psychology	p. 77
Gestalt Psychology
Kurt Koffka (1886-1941): Gestalt Psychology and Perception	p. 84
Wolfgang Kohler (1887-1967): Problem Solving in Apes	p. 91
Nature/Nurture
Francis Galton (1822-1911): The Inheritance of Mental Ability	p. 98
Henry H. Goddard (1866-1957): The Kallikak Study	p. 106
Origins of Behaviorism
Ivan Pavlov (1849-1936): Conditioned Reflexes	p. 114
John Broadus Watson (1878-1958): A Behaviorist Manifesto	p. 122
Evolution of Behaviorism
Edward C. Tolman (1886-1959): Cognitive Maps	p. 129
B. F. Skinner (1904-1990): An Experimental Analysis of Behavior	p. 137
Psychoanalysis
Sigmund Freud (1887-1967): The Clark Lectures on Psychoanalysis	p. 144
Karen Horney (1885-1952): Conflict, Anxiety, and Neurosis	p. 151
Clinical Psychology
Lightner Witmer (1867-1956): The Psychological Clinic	p. 158
Mary Cover Jones (1896-1987): Behavior Therapy	p. 165
Six and Race
Leta Stetter Hollingworth (1886-1939): Sex Differences in Aptitude	p. 171
Kenneth B. Clark (1914-2005) and Mamie Phipps Clark (1917-1983): The Doll Studies	p. 178
Industrial Psychology
Walter Dill Scott (1869-1955): Psychology and Advertising	p. 185
Hugo Munsterberg (1863-1916): Applying Psychology to Business	p. 192
Mental Testing
James McKeen Cattell (1860-1944): Mental Tests	p. 199
Alfred Binet (1857-1911): The Binet-Simon Tests of Intelligence	p. 206
Personality & Social Psychology
Gordon Allport (1897-1967): The Uniqueness of Personality	p. 214
Kurt Lewin (1890-1947): The Leadership Studies	p. 221
Cognitive Psychology
Frederick C. Bartlett (1886-1969): Constructive Memory	p. 229
John Jenkins (1901-1948) and Karl Dallenbach (1887-1971): Interference and Memory	p. 237
Humanistic Psychology
Abraham Maslow (1908-1970): A Hierarchy of Needs	p. 245
Carl Rogers (1902-1987): The Therapeutic Environment	p. 252
References	p. 259
Index	p. 266
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