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A Conceptual History of Psychology John D. Greenwood (City University of New York)

A Conceptual History of Psychology By John D. Greenwood (City University of New York)

A Conceptual History of Psychology by John D. Greenwood (City University of New York)


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A new edition of a critical conceptual history of psychology that traces the continuities and discontinuities in scientific thought about human psychology and behaviour from the Ancient Greeks to the modern day, including mini-histories of the development of abnormal and clinical psychology. For scholars and graduate students.

A Conceptual History of Psychology Summary

A Conceptual History of Psychology: Exploring the Tangled Web by John D. Greenwood (City University of New York)

In the new edition of this original and penetrating book, John D. Greenwood provides an in-depth analysis of the subtle conceptual continuities and discontinuities that inform the history of psychology from the speculations of the Ancient Greeks to contemporary cognitive psychology. He also demonstrates the fashion in which different conceptions of human and animal psychology and behavior have become associated and disassociated over the centuries. Moving easily among psychology, history of science, physiology, and philosophy, Greenwood provides a critically challenging account of the development of psychology as a science. He relates the remarkable stories of the intellectual pioneers of modern psychology, while exploring the social and political milieu in which they operated, and dispels many of the myths of the history of psychology, based upon the best historical scholarship of recent decades. This is an impressive overview that will appeal to scholars and graduate students of the history of psychology.

A Conceptual History of Psychology Reviews

'A Conceptual History of Psychology: Exploring the Tangled Web brings intellectual clarity to the fascinating and complex evolution of the discipline known as psychology.' David Leary, University of Richmond
'This work is a most impressive accomplishment. True to Greenwood's stated objective, he has produced a comprehensive history of psychology that traces the critical conceptual continuities and discontinuities in the development of the discipline. Thanks to his deft orchestration of scholarly breadth, intellectual depth, and engaging writing style, Greenwood's book is at once informative, challenging, and a pleasure to read. It merits an enthusiastic welcome!' James Lamiell, University of Georgetown

About John D. Greenwood (City University of New York)

John D. Greenwood is Professor of Philosophy at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York, where he currently serves in the PhD Programs in Philosophy and Psychology. He is the author of four books, What Happened to the Social In American Social Psychology (Cambridge University Press, 2004), Realism, Identity and Emotion (1994), Relations and Representations (1991) and Explanation and Experiment in Social Psychological Science (1989), three edited volumes and over fifty articles. His main research interests are in the history and philosophy of social and psychological science.

Table of Contents

Preface; 1. History, science, and psychology; 2. Ancient Greek science and psychology; 3. Rome and the medieval period; 4. The scientific revolution; 5. The Newtonian psychologists; 6. Physiology and psychology; 7. Theories of evolution; 8. Psychology in Germany; 9. Psychology in America: the early years; 10. Functionalism, behaviorism, and mental testing; 11. Neobehaviorism, radical behaviorism, and problems of behaviorism; 12. The cognitive revolution; 13. Abnormal and clinical psychology; Epilogue: the past and future of scientific psychology.

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GOR009806793
9781107666801
1107666805
A Conceptual History of Psychology: Exploring the Tangled Web by John D. Greenwood (City University of New York)
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Cambridge University Press
20150825
570
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