A HISTORY OF PSYCHOLOGY MAIN CURRENTS IN PSYCHOLOGICAL THOUGHT LEAHEY T. Księgarnia

Thomas Hardy Leahey , Virginia Commonwealth University

Published August 1999 by Humanities/Social Science

For junior/graduate-level courses in The History and Systems of Psychology.

Offering a lively and critical look at psychology's past, this complete narrative history-from the Ancient Greeks to the present-explores psychology in its philosophical, religious, historical, and literary contexts.

NEW-Revised introductory chapter-Ch. 1 focuses more directly on the philosophy of psychology and considers various objections and alternatives to the idea that psychology can be a science.
- Helps students focus on the core of the subject.
NEW-Detailed treatment of key psychological themes-The first theme is the idea that not only is psychology necessarily a social construction but that the mind itself is to some degree a social construction. The second theme involves struggles over the existence and nature of consciousness. The third is the theme of psychology as an applied discipline.
- This thematic structure helps students grasp the big picture.
NEW-Major revisions to chapter on introspective psychology-Chapter 7 has been reworked to recognize that Wundt was not the sole founder of introspective psychology. Greater emphasis is given to Gestalt psychology as a representative of the realist tradition.
- Presents a more inclusive history of this important development.
NEW-Chronological narrative of the development of Freudian psychoanalysis-Ch. 8 has been revised and new materials have been added on the development of psychoanalysis after Freud.
- Shows students the direction of psychoanalysis after Freud's death.
Interrelationships of psychology and society-Examines how social context influenced the way philosophers and psychologists have thought about the mind, and how modern psychology has, in turn, affected society.
- Shows students that psychology has always operated in the "real world".
Evolution of leading psychological concepts-Considers the leading exponents of different psychological systems during each historical era.
- Shows the continuity of theory through the century.
Most recent developments in psychology-e.g., the founding of the APS and Connectionism.
- Demonstrates the ongoing development of the field.

I. BACKGROUND TO PSYCHOLOGY.

1. Psychology, Science, and History: Introduction.
2. Origins of Philosophy, Science, and Psychology: The Classical World.
3. Spirituality and Individualism: The Middle Ages and Renaissance.
4. The Scientific Revolution and the Creation of Consciousness: The Seventeenth Century.
5. Enlightenment and Counterenlightenment: The Eighteenth Century.
6. To the Threshold of Psychology: The Nineteenth Century.
II. FOUNDING PSYCHOLOGY.

7. The Psychology of Consciousness: The Founding of Scientific Psychology.
8. Psychology of the Unconscious: Sigmund Freud and Psychoanalysis.
9. The Psychology of Adaptation: Psychology in Evolutionary Context.
III. THE RISE OF BEHAVIORALISM.

10. The Conspiracy of Naturalism (1892-1912).
11. The Golden Age of Theory: Behaviorism Ascendant.
12. The Rise of Applied Psychology: Psychology and Society.
IV. PSYCHOLOGY SINCE WORLD WAR II.

13. Eclectic Psychology: The Sun Sets on Behaviorism.
14. Years of Turmoil: From Behaviorism to Cognitive Science.
15. Contemporary Psychology: Doubts, Troubles, and Controversies.

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