A Detective's History of Psychology - Understanding Key Theories and Concepts Through Mystery Fiction

Are you captivated by detective fiction and mystery stories? Do you enjoy solving puzzles or explaining other people's behavior? Have you ever thought Miss Marple would make a good therapist or Sherlock Holmes an excellent researcher? If so, you probably have already seen the connection between detective fiction and the field of psychology.
This book introduces key concepts and theories of psychology through the lens of mystery fiction. Designed for curious readers of all backgrounds, it explores the crossroads of detective fiction and psychology. Thought-provoking activities and questions enhance readers' inquisitiveness, deductive reasoning, critical thinking, and psychological insights.

List of contents

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

Preface

1.¿The Psychologist as Detective

2.¿Structuralism, Functionalism, and the Move to Psychoanalysis

3.¿The Shift to Behaviorism and Overt Action

4.¿The Humanistic Approach

5.¿Cognitive Psychology

6.¿Focus on Culture

7.¿Neuropsychology and Forensic Psychology

8.¿Putting It All Together

Murder at the Manor: A Play in One Act

Author's Notes

Index

About the author

Diane Mello-Goldner is a social and personality psychologist and currently is a senior lecturer in the department of psychological and brain sciences at Boston University. Previously she spent 28 years at Pine Manor College in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, as a professor of Psychology and academic dean.

Product details

• Authors: Diane Mello-Goldner
• Publisher: Ingram Publishers Services
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: from age 18
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 25.07.2024
• EAN: 9781476686288
• ISBN: 978-1-4766-8628-8
• No. of pages: 174
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 9 mm
• Illustrations: Raster,schwarz-weiss
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; PSYCHOLOGY / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology, LITERARY CRITICISM / Mystery & Detective, Popular psychology, Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, Crime and criminology, Crime & criminology