A brief history of modern psychology
By: Ludy T. Benjamin, Jr.
Series: Blackwell brief histories of psychology
Publisher: Blackwell Pub.
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Oxford, UK; Malden, MA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 246
ISBN-13: 9781405132053; 9781405132060
Subjects: Psychology -- History
Description: No subject captures the attention of people today more than psychology. It pervades television in the form of soap operas, celebrity court cases, police and hospital dramas, talk shows, "reality" shows, and infomercials. It is the stuff of movies, magazines, plays, novels, self-help books, sports, jobs, music lyrics, talk radio, and the internet. In A Brief History of Modern Psychology, Ludy Benjamin, a leading historian in the field, discusses the history of both the science and the practice of psychology since the establishment of the first experimental psychology laboratory in 1879. In an engaging prose, this book weaves together the historical and disciplinary context that will help readers to better understand the richness and complexity of contemporary psychology.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Pre-scientific psychology; title: Physiology, psychophysics, and the science of mind; title: Germany and the birth of a new science; title: Origins of scientific psychology in America; title: Early schools of psychology; title: The birth of the new applied psychology in America; title: Psychoanalysis; title: Behaviorism; title: The new profession of psychology; title: A psychology of social action and social change; title: Cognitive psychology.