Portraits of Pioneers in Psychology: Volume III

by Kimble,Gregory A.

• ISBN13: 9780805826197
• ISBN10: 080582619X
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1998-02-01
• Publisher: Psychology Pres

Summary

This book offers glimpses into the personal and scholarly lives of 20 giants in the history of psychology. As in the earlier volumes, prominent scholars were invited to prepare chapters on a pioneer who had made important contributions in their own area of expertise. Some of the psychologists described may be the teachers of the instructors who will be the users of this book, potentially providing a personal connection of the pioneers to the students. A special section provides brief portraits of the editors and authors, containing interesting information about the relationship between the pioneers and the psychologists who describe them. br br Utilizing an informal, personal, sometimes humorous, style of writing, the book will appeal to students and instructors interested in the history of psychology. Each of the five volumes in this series contains different profiles thereby bringing more than 100 of the pioneers in psychology more vividly to life. br

Table of Contents

Preface	viii
Portraits of the Editors and Authors	xi
Laurens Perseus Hickok: Philosopher, Theologian, and Psychologist	1	(16)
John K. Bare
Charles Darwin: Father of Evolutionary Psychology	17	(14)
R. Bruce Masterton
Leipzig, Wilhelm Wundt, and Psychology's Gilded Age	31	(20)
Arthur L. Blumenthal
Herman Ebbinghaus: On the Road to Progress or Down the Garden Path?	51	(16)
C. Alan Boneau
Alfred Binet, General Psychologist	67	(18)
Raymond E. Fancher
L. L. Thurstone's Vision of Psychology As a Quantitative Rational Science	85	(20)
Lyle V. Jones
Kurt Lewin: His Psychology and a Daughter's Recollections	105	(16)
Miriam A. Lewin
Floyd Henry Allport: Founder of Social Psychology As a Behavioral Science	121	(24)
Daniel Katz
Blair T. Johnson
Diana R. Nichols
The Legacy of Jean Piaget	145	(18)
Edward Zigler
Elizabeth Gilman
Karl Duncker: Productive Problems With Beautiful Solutions	163	(18)
D. Brett King
Michaella Cox
Michael Wertheimer
Milton Erickson: Scientist, Hypnotist, Healer	181	(16)
Harold Schiffman
Zing-Yang Kuo: Radical Scientific Philosopher and Innovative Experimentalist	197	(14)
Gilbert Gottlieb
Myrtle McGraw: Pioneer in Neurobehavioral Development	211	(18)
Thomas C. Dalton
Victor W. Bergenn
Henry W. Nissen: Quiet Comparative Psychologist	229	(16)
Donald A. Dewsbury
Carl Rogers and the Culture of Psychotherapy	245	(16)
Martin Lakin
Burrhus Frederick Skinner: The Contingencies of a Life	261	(16)
Daniel W. Bjork
Kenneth W. Spence: Theorist With an Empiricist Conscience	277	(18)
Gregory A. Kimble
David Krech: Scientist and Social Activist	295	(14)
Nancy K. Innis
Benton J. Underwood: A Tribute of Memories	309	(1)
Joel S. Freund
Leon Festinger: Beyond the Obvious	329	(16)
Jack W. Brehm
Index	345