Psychology, theoretical-historical perspectives /
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Academic Press,
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Publisher Address: | New York : |
Publication Dates: | 1980. |
Literature type: | eBook |
Language: | English |
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Online Access: |
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/book/9780125882651 |
Item Description: | Based on a conference held under the auspices of the New York Academy of Sciences. |
Carrier Form: | 1 online resource (xiv, 364 pages) : illustrations |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
ISBN: |
9780125882651 0125882653 |
Index Number: | BF95 |
CLC: | B84 |
Contents: |
Vicissitudes of Fechnerian psychophysics in America / Wilhelm Wundt and early American psychology : a clash of cultures / Francis Galton and American psychology / William James and Gordon Allport : parallels in their maturing conceptions of self and personality / Psychology and the history of the self : from substance to function / The Americanization of psychology before William James / Politics and American psychology / Darwin on psychology and its relation to evolutionary thought / The influence of Gestalt psychology in America / The experimental analysis of operant behavior : a history / The historical antecedents of contemporary behaviorism / The assimilation of psychoanalysis in America / In tribute to Piaget : a look at his scientific impact in the United States / Genetic epistemology and developmental psychology / Some recent research and its link with a new theory of groupings and conservations based on commutability / Sitzfleisch, the Zeitgeist, and the Hindsightgeist / |