Portraits of Pioneers in Psychology: Volume III

by Wertheimer; Michael

• ISBN13: 9780805826203
• ISBN10: 0805826203
• Additional ISBN(s): 9781317759461
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 1998-01-01
• Publisher: Psychology Pres
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Summary

This volume, like the previous volumes, offers glimpses into ther personal & scholarly lives of some of the giants in the history of psychology. For students, teaches & historians of psychology.

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