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This volume, like the two previous books, presents biographies of leading figures in the history of psychology. For students and historians of psychology.
List of contents
Contents: Preface. Portraits of the Editors and Authors.
J.K. Bare, Laurens Perseus Hickok: Philosopher, Theologian, and Psychologist.
R.B. Masterton, Charles Darwin: Father of Evolutionary Psychology.
A.L. Blumenthal, Leipzig, Wilhelm Wundt, and Psychology's Gilded Age.
C.A. Boneau, Hermann Ebbinghaus: On the Road to Progress or Down the Garden Path?
R.E. Fancher, Alfred Binet, General Psychologist.
L.V. Jones, L.L. Thurstone's Vision of Psychology as a Quantitative Rational Science.
M.A. Lewin, Kurt Lewin: His Psychology and a Daughter's Recollections.
D. Katz, B.T. Johnson, D.R. Nichols, Floyd Henry Allport: Founder of Social Psychology as a Behavioral Science.
E. Zigler, E. Gilman, The Legacy of Jean Piaget.
D.B. King, M. Cox, M. Wertheimer, Karl Duncker: Productive Problems With Beautiful Solutions.
H. Schiffman, Milton Erickson: Scientist, Hypnotist, Healer.
G. Gottlieb, Zing-Yang Kuo: Radical Scientific Philosopher and Innovative Experimentalist.
T.C. Dalton, V.W. Bergenn, Myrtle McGraw: Pioneer in Neurobehavioral Development.
D.A. Dewsbury, Henry W. Nissen: Quiet Comparative Psychologist.
M. Lakin, Carl Rogers and the Culture of Psychotherapy.
D.W. Bjork, Burrhus Frederick Skinner: The Contingencies of a Life.
G.A. Kimble, Kenneth W. Spence: Theorist With an Empiricist Conscience.
N.K. Innis, David Krech: Scientist and Social Activist.
J.S. Freund, Benton J. Underwood: A Tribute of Memories.
J.W. Brehm, Leon Festinger: Beyond the Obvious. Index.
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Gregory A. Kimble, Michael Wertheimer