History of Modern Psychology

by Schultz, Duane P.; Schultz, Sydney Ellen

• ISBN13: 9780155083554
• ISBN10: 0155083554
• Edition: 7th
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1999-07-30
• Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing

Summary

This highly regarded, best-selling book provides a clear, well-organized, user-friendly overview of modern psychology, presenting the evolution of the schools of thought as a continuing story and illustrating their development within the social-intellectual climate of their times (the Zeitgeist) as well as their impact on one another. It personalizes the history of psychology, showing how events in the lives of the influential theorists, researchers, and teachers affected their ideas, approaches and methods. It also describes the rise and importance of applied psychology as a uniquely American form of psychology.

Table of Contents

Preface	v
CHAPTER 1 The Study of the History of Psychology	1	(23)
CHAPTER 2 Philosophical Influences on Psychology	24	(30)
CHAPTER 3 Physiological Influences on Psychology	54	(22)
CHAPTER 4 The New Psychology	76	(32)
CHAPTER 5 Structuralism	108	(24)
CHAPTER 6 Functionalism: Antecedent Influences	132	(28)
CHAPTER 7 Functionalism: Development and Founding	160	(37)
CHAPTER 8 Applied Psychology: The Legacy of Functionalism	197	(49)
CHAPTER 9 Behaviorism: Antecedent Influences	246	(28)
CHAPTER 10 Behaviorism: The Beginnings	274	(32)
CHAPTER 11 Behaviorism: After the Founding	306	(36)
CHAPTER 12 Gestalt Psychology	342	(34)
CHAPTER 13 Psychoanalysis: The Beginnings	376	(47)
CHAPTER 14 Psychoanalysis: Dissenters and Descendants	423	(33)
CHAPTER 15 A New Century for Psychology: Humanistic and Cognitive Movements	456	(31)
The Future History of Psychology	487	(6)
Glossary	493	(6)
References	499	(20)
Name Index	519	(5)
Subject Index	524