An illustrated history of American psychology
By: John A. Popplestone, Marion White McPherson
Contributors: McPherson, Marion White; Archives of the History of American Psychology
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: University of Akron Press
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Akron, Ohio
Language: eng
Number of pages: 222
ISBN-13: 9781884836398
Subjects: Psychologie; Psychologists; Psychology; Biography; History
Description: Originally published in 1994, An Illustrated History of American Psychology describes in words and illustrates with pictures many of the highlights of psychology's recent past. The text broadly organizes modern American psychology in three traditional epochs: its founding, its development, and its maturity. Annotation. Originally published in 1994, An Illustrated History of American Psychology describes in words and illustrates with pictures many of the highlights of psychology's recent past. The text broadly organizes modern American psychology in three traditional epochs: its founding, its development, and its maturity.
Notes: "To gather archival materials, we have drawn on the holdings of several universities, numerous archives, and various commercial companies, but the major source of materials is the Archives of the History of American Psychology, the University of Akron"--P. xiii.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 205-213) and index.
Table of contents: title: Foundations; title: Last quarter of the nineteenth century to World War I: European roots of scientific psychology; title: Pioneer American laboratories; title: Systems and schools of psychology; title: Inception of intelligence tests; title: Development; title: World War I through World War II; title: Refining of experimental methods: apparatus; title: Experimental procedures; title: Field research; title: Burgeoning of testing: Intelligence; title: Personality: Objective methods; title: Projective methods; title: Personality assessment; title: occupational competency; title: Educational achievement; title: Maturity; title: Third quarter of the twentieth century: Some byproducts of technology; title: Experimental excursions into psychological reality; title: Psychological services: Testing; title: Therapy; title: Collegueship; title: References; title: Index.