Metaphors in the History of Psychology

Zusammenfassung Metaphors in the History of Psychology describes and analyses the ways in which psychological accounts of brain functioning! consciousness! cognition! emotion! motivation! learning! and behaviour have been shaped - and are still being shaped - by the central metaphors used by contemporary psychologists and their predecessors. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; 1. Psyche's music: the role of metaphor in the history of psychology David E. Leary; 2. From metaphors to models: the use of analogy in neuropsychology Karl H. Pribram; 3. Inner feelings, works of the flesh, the beast within, diseases of the mind, driving force, and putting on a show: six metaphors of emotion and their theoretical extensions James R. Averill; 4. Motives metaphors: a study in scientific creativity Paul McReynolds; 5. Cognitive metaphors in experimental psychology Robert R. Hoffman, Edward L. Cochran and James M. Nead; 6. Metaphors of consciousness and cognition in the history of psychology Jerome Bruner and Carol Fleisher Feldman; 7. Metaphors of knowledge and behaviour in the behaviorist tradition Laurence D. Smith; 8. Metaphor, metatheory, and the social world Kenneth J. Gergen; 9. Metaphors of unwanted conduct: a historical sketch Theodore R. Sarbin; 10. Generative metaphor and the history of psychological discourse Kurt Danziger; 11. Metaphor, theory, and practice in the history of psychology David E. Levy; Name index; Subject index.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: David E. Leary, David E. (University of Richmond) Leary
• Con la collaborazione di: Mitchell G. Ash (Editore), David E. Leary (Editore), Leary David E. (Editore), William R. Woodward (Editore)
• Editore: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 29.07.1994
• EAN: 9780521421522
• ISBN: 978-0-521-42152-2
• Pagine: 400
• Serie: Cshp; Cambridge Studies in the History of Psychology
• Categorie: Saggistica > Psicologia, esoterismo, spiritualità, antroposofia > Psicologia: tematiche generali, opere di consultazione; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Psicologia; PSYCHOLOGY / General, Psychology