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A History of Psychology Thomas Leahey

A History of Psychology By Thomas Leahey

A History of Psychology by Thomas Leahey

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A comprehensive treatment of the history and systems of psychology from ancient times to present, focusing on major intellectual movements in psychology.

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A History of Psychology: Main Currents in Psychological Thought by Thomas Leahey

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.

Table of Contents

Part 1 Background to psychology: psychology, history and science; the classical world - origins of philosophy, science and psychology; spirituality and individualism - the Middle Ages and renaissance; the mechanization of the world picture (1600-1700); reason and reaction - the 18th-century enlightenment; to the threshold of psychology - the 19th century. Part 2 Founding psychology: the psychology of consciousness; the psychology of the unconscious mind; the psychology of adaptation (1855-1891). Part 3 The rise of behaviourism: the conspiracy of naturalism - from consciousness to behaviour (1892-1912); psychology takes off - the behaviourist era (1913-1950); psychology takes off - psychology and society (1913-1950). Part 4 Psychology since World War II: eclectic psychology (1950-1958); years of turmoil (1958-1978); contemporary psychology.

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GOR004188786
9780135336052
0135336058
A History of Psychology: Main Currents in Psychological Thought by Thomas Leahey
Thomas Leahey
Used - Very Good
Hardback
Taylor & Francis Ltd
19960710
512
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