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This fourth book in the series continues the tradition of the popular earlier volumes by offering lively and entertaining information about some of contemporary psychology's most illustrious ancestors. The 21 chapters, many of them written by today's most visible and eminent authors, concentrate on the lives and achievements of major psychologists from a variety of areas.
Created for undergraduate and graduate courses in the history of psychology, the variety of pioneers represented provide enough flexibility to also use it as a supplemental reader in other psychology courses. Each of the five volumes in this series contains different profiles thereby bringing more than 100 of the pioneers in psychology more vividly to life.
List of contents
Contents: Preface.
A.H. Fuchs, The Psychology of Thomas Upham.
H.E. Adler, Hermann Ludwig Ferdinand von Helmoltz: Physicist as Psychologist.
D.B. King, George Croom Robertson and Mind: Psychology's First Editor.
H. Sprung, L. Sprung, Carl Stumpf: Theoretician, Musicologist, and Promoter.
L. Sprung, H. Sprung, Georg Elias Müller: The Beginnings of Modern Psychology.
A.R. Jensen, Charles E. Spearman: Discoverer of
g. L.T. Benjamin, Jr., Hugo Münsterberg: Portrait of an Applied Psychologist. J.R. Crosby, A.H. Hastorf, Lewis Terman: Scientist of Mental Measurement and Product of His Time. H.L. Roediger III, Sir Frederick Charles Bartlett: Experimental and Applied Psychologist. B.J. Paris, Karen Horney: Three Phases of Her Thought. R.V. Guthrie, Francis Cecil Sumner: The First African American Pioneer in Psychology. B.F. Malle, W. Ickes, Fritz Heider: Philosopher and Social Psychologist. E. Tobach, T.C. Schneirla: Pioneer in Field and Laboratory Research. J.N. Butcher, Starke Rosecrans Hathaway: Biography of an Empiricist. D.C. Kimmel, L.D. Garnets, What a Light It Shed: The Life of Evelyn Hooker. D.A. Dewsbury, Frank A. Beach: Master Teacher. R.N. Shepard, Carl Iver Hovland: Statesman of Psychology, Sterling Human Being. J.C. Brigham, Stuart W. Cook: A "Complete Psychologist." A.E. Puente, Roger W. Sperry: Nobel Laureate, Neuroscientist, and Psychologist. A.R. Jensen, Hans Eysenck: Apostle of the London School. D. Finkelman, F. Kessel, Sigmund Koch: Human Agency and the Psychological Studies.
About the author
Gregory A. Kimble, Michael Wertheimer
Summary
This is the fourth volume in a series chronicling the lives of those who have forged psychology into a dynamic science. Through examination of these individuals, the text covers specific schools, fields and perspectives, to provide an appreciation of how psychology has evolved over the years.
