The Pelican History of Psychology

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The Pelican History of Psychology is probably, both in span and latitude, the most comprehensive history of the subject in print. Too often other histories are anxiously concerned with philosophical concepts, confine themselves to the progress of basic experimentál research, and stop short at the 1920s. Róbert Thomson, on the other hand, extends his scope outside the main stream of theory, deals with ideas which are specifically psychological, and brings his history far enough forward to discuss the trends which have developed since 1945. His outline of the birth of psychology in the early nineteenth century, of Darwin's impact, the achievements of the first generation of Germán, British, French, and American psychologists, and the major theories of Freud, Jung, and the Behaviourists, among others, is clear, logical, and authoritative: but his book extends beyond that. The development of psychology in the years between 1918 and 1940 is traced by the author of The Psychology... Tovább

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The Pelican History of Psychology is probably, both in span and latitude, the most comprehensive history of the subject in print. Too often other histories are anxiously concerned with philosophical concepts, confine themselves to the progress of basic experimentál research, and stop short at the 1920s. Róbert Thomson, on the other hand, extends his scope outside the main stream of theory, deals with ideas which are specifically psychological, and brings his history far enough forward to discuss the trends which have developed since 1945. His outline of the birth of psychology in the early nineteenth century, of Darwin's impact, the achievements of the first generation of Germán, British, French, and American psychologists, and the major theories of Freud, Jung, and the Behaviourists, among others, is clear, logical, and authoritative: but his book extends beyond that. The development of psychology in the years between 1918 and 1940 is traced by the author of The Psychology ofThinking in all its forms. Psychiatry, child psychology, industrial and social psychology, intelligence and personality testing are among the branches he discusses historically. With its wide coverage and full bibliography, this introductory history will appeal to students of psychology particularly: but it alsó provides the generál reader with a sound and simple outline of the growth of a science which, in little over a century, has developed from a fringe activity to a central and potent study. Vissza