History of Modern Psychology - A Global Perspective, International Adaptation

Klappentext The enhanced 5th Edition of Goodwin's series, A History of Modern Psychology, explores the modern history of psychology including the fundamental bases of psychology and psychology's advancements in the 20th century.Goodwin's 5th Edition focuses on the reduction of biographical information with an emphasis on more substantial information including ideas and concepts and on ideas/research contributions. Zusammenfassung The enhanced 5th Edition of Goodwin's series, A History of Modern Psychology, explores the modern history of psychology including the fundamental bases of psychology and psychology's advancements in the 20th century.Goodwin's 5th Edition focuses on the reduction of biographical information with an emphasis on more substantial information including ideas and concepts and on ideas/research contributions. Inhaltsverzeichnis TABLE OF CONTENTCHAPTER 1 INTRODUCING PSYCHOLOGY'S HISTORYPreview and Chapter ObjectivesWhy Take This Course?Why Study History?Why Study Psychology's History?Key Issues in Psychology's HistoryPresentism versus HistoricismInternal versus External HistoryPersonalistic versus Naturalistic HistoryClose-Up: Edwin G. Boring (1886-1968)This Book's Point of ViewHistoriography: Doing and Writing HistorySources of Historical DataProblems with the Writing of HistoryData Selection ProblemsInterpretation ProblemsApproaching Historical TruthConclusionSummaryStudy QuestionsCHAPTER 2 THE PHILOSOPHICAL CONTEXTPreview and Chapter ObjectivesA Long PastRené Descartes (1596-1650): The Beginnings of Modern Philosophy and ScienceDescartes and the Rationalist ArgumentThe Cartesian SystemDescartes on the Reflex and Mind-Body InteractionThe British Empiricist Argument and the AssociationistsJohn Locke (1632-1704): The Origins of British EmpiricismLocke on Human UnderstandingLocke on EducationGeorge Berkeley (1685-1753): Empiricism Applied to VisionBritish AssociationismDavid Hume (1711-1776): The Rules of AssociationDavid Hartley (1705-1757): A Physiological AssociationismClose-Up: Raising a PhilosopherJohn Stuart Mill (1806-1873): On the Verge of Psychological ScienceMill's PsychologyMill's LogicRationalist Responses to EmpiricismGottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (1646-1716)Immanuel Kant (1724-1804)Philosophical Perspective of Psychology in Other Parts of the WorldIn Perspective: Philosophical FoundationsSummaryStudy QuestionsCHAPTER 3 THE SCIENTIFIC CONTEXTPreview and Chapter ObjectivesHeroic Science in the Age of EnlightenmentFunctioning of the Nervous SystemReflex ActionThe Bell-Magendie LawThe Specific Energies of NervesHelmholtz: The Physiologist's PhysiologistMeasuring the Speed of Neural ImpulsesHelmholtz on Vision and AuditionHelmholtz and the Problem of PerceptionLocalization of Brain FunctionThe Phrenology of Gall and SpurzheimClose-Up: The Marketing of PhrenologyFlourens and the Method of AblationThe Clinical MethodThe Remarkable Phineas GageBroca and the Speech CenterMapping the Brain: Electrical StimulationNervous System StructureNeuron TheorySir Charles Sherrington: The SynapseScientific Approaches Outside the USIn Perspective: The Nervous System and BehaviorSummaryStudy QuestionsCHAPTER 4 WUNDT AND GERMAN PSYCHOLOGYPreview and Chapter ObjectivesAn Education in GermanyOn the Threshold of Experimental Psychology: PsychophysicsJohann Herbart (1776-1841)Ernst Weber (1795-1878)Two-Point ThresholdsWeber's LawGustav Fechner (1801-1889)Fechner's Elements of PsychophysicsWundt Establishes a New Psychology at LeipzigWilhelm Wundt (1832-1920): Creating a New ScienceWundt's Conception of the New PsychologyStudying Immediate Conscious ExperienceStudying Higher Mental ProcessesInside Wundt's LaboratorySensation and PerceptionMental ChronometryClose-Up: An American in LeipzigRewriting History: The...

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TABLE OF CONTENT
 

CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCING PSYCHOLOGY'S HISTORY
 
Preview and Chapter Objectives
 
Why Take This Course?
 
Why Study History?
 
Why Study Psychology's History?
 
Key Issues in Psychology's History
 
Presentism versus Historicism
 
Internal versus External History
 
Personalistic versus Naturalistic History
 
Close-Up: Edwin G. Boring (1886-1968)
 
This Book's Point of View
 
Historiography: Doing and Writing History
 
Sources of Historical Data
 
Problems with the Writing of History
 
Data Selection Problems
 
Interpretation Problems
 
Approaching Historical Truth
 
Conclusion
 
Summary
 
Study Questions
 

CHAPTER 2 THE PHILOSOPHICAL CONTEXT
 
Preview and Chapter Objectives
 
A Long Past
 
René Descartes (1596-1650): The Beginnings of Modern Philosophy and Science
 
Descartes and the Rationalist Argument
 
The Cartesian System
 
Descartes on the Reflex and Mind-Body Interaction
 
The British Empiricist Argument and the Associationists
 
John Locke (1632-1704): The Origins of British Empiricism
 
Locke on Human Understanding
 
Locke on Education
 
George Berkeley (1685-1753): Empiricism Applied to Vision
 
British Associationism
 
David Hume (1711-1776): The Rules of Association
 
David Hartley (1705-1757): A Physiological Associationism
 
Close-Up: Raising a Philosopher
 
John Stuart Mill (1806-1873): On the Verge of Psychological Science
 
Mill's Psychology
 
Mill's Logic
 
Rationalist Responses to Empiricism
 
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (1646-1716)
 
Immanuel Kant (1724-1804)
 
Philosophical Perspective of Psychology in Other Parts of the World
 
In Perspective: Philosophical Foundations
 
Summary
 
Study Questions
 

 
CHAPTER 3 THE SCIENTIFIC CONTEXT
 
Preview and Chapter Objectives
 
Heroic Science in the Age of Enlightenment
 
Functioning of the Nervous System
 
Reflex Action
 
The Bell-Magendie Law
 
The Specific Energies of Nerves
 
Helmholtz: The Physiologist's Physiologist
 
Measuring the Speed of Neural Impulses
 
Helmholtz on Vision and Audition
 
Helmholtz and the Problem of Perception
 
Localization of Brain Function
 
The Phrenology of Gall and Spurzheim
 
Close-Up: The Marketing of Phrenology
 
Flourens and the Method of Ablation
 
The Clinical Method
 
The Remarkable Phineas Gage
 
Broca and the Speech Center
 
Mapping the Brain: Electrical Stimulation
 
Nervous System Structure
 
Neuron Theory
 
Sir Charles Sherrington: The Synapse
 
Scientific Approaches Outside the US
 
In Perspective: The Nervous System and Behavior
 
Summary
 
Study Questions
 

CHAPTER 4 WUNDT AND GERMAN PSYCHOLOGY
 
Preview and Chapter Objectives
 
An Education in Germany
 
On the Threshold of Experimental Psychology: Psychophysics
 
Johann Herbart (1776-1841)
 
Ernst Weber (1795-1878)
 
Two-Point Thresholds
 
Weber's Law
 
Gustav Fechner (1801-1889)
 
Fechner's Elements of Psychophysics
 
Wundt Establishes a New Psychology at Leipzig
 
Wilhelm Wundt (1832-1920): Creating a New Science
 
Wundt's Conception of the New Psychology
 
Studying Immediate Conscious Experience
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• Authors: Goodwin, C James Goodwin, C. James Goodwin, C. James (Wheeling Jesuit College) Goodwin, Cj Goodwin, Goodwin C. James
• Publisher: Wiley, John and Sons Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.07.2022
• EAN: 9781119770732
• ISBN: 978-1-119-77073-2
• No. of pages: 592
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Psychology; Psychologie, Psychology, Psychologiegeschichte, Geschichte u. Philosophie der Psychologie, History & Philosophy of Psychology