A Brief History of Modern Psychology

by Benjamin, Ludy T., Jr.

• ISBN13: 9781118206775
• ISBN10: 1118206770
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2014-01-28
• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc

Summary

No subject captures the attention of people today more than psychology. It pervades television in the form of soap operas, celebrity court cases, police and hospital dramas, talk shows, 'reality ' shows, and infomercials. It is the stuff of movies, magazines, plays, novels, self-help books, sports, jobs, music lyrics, talk radio, and the internet. In A Brief History of Modern Psychology 2e, Ludy Benjamin, a leading historian in the field, discusses the history of both the science and the practice of psychology since the establishment of the first experimental psychology laboratory in 1879. In engaging prose, this book weaves together the historical and disciplinary context that will help readers to better understand the richness and complexity of contemporary psychology.

Author Biography

Ludy T. Benjamin, Jr. is Professor of Psychology and Educational Psychology at Texas A&M University and is holder of the Glasscock Professorship and a Presidential Professorship in Teaching Excellence. His numerous publications include From Séance to Science: A History of the Profession of Psychology in America (with David Baker, 2004) and A History of Psychology in Letters (second edition 2006, Blackwell).

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations

Preface

1 Pre-Scientific Psychology

2 Physiology, Psychology, and the Science of Mind

3 Germany and the Birth of a New Science

4 Origins of Scientific Psychology in America

5 The Early Schools of American Psychology

6 The Birth of the New Applied Psychology in America

7 Psychoanalysis

8 Behaviorism

9 The New Profession of Psychology

10 A Psychology of Social Action and Social Change

11 Cognitive Psychology

Epilogue

References

Index