Research Catalog

Title

Putting psychology in its place : critical historical perspectives / Graham Richards.

Author

Richards, Graham, 1941-

Publication

London ; New York : Routledge, 2010.

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Details

Description

xvi, 426 p. : ill.; 26 cm.

Subject

• Psychology > History
• Psychology > History > 19th century
• Psychology > History > 20th century
• Psychologie
• Kontroverse

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Contents

pt.1. Origins and theories -- Introduction: Psychology and history -- Before psychology:1600-1850 -- Founding psychology: Evolution and experimentation -- William James and the origins of American psychology -- Behaviourism -- Gestalt psychology -- Congnitive psychology -- pt.2. Some topics -- Looking at perception -- Psychology and the brain -- Memory: some points to remeber -- Emotion: the problem or the whole point? -- Personality: Psychology and who you are -- Social psychology -- Applied psychology -- pt.3. Psychology's subjects -- Psychology, madness and the meanings of psychological distress -- Psychological uses of animals -- Psychology and the child -- Psychology and gender -- pt.4. Two general issues -- Some problems with measurement -- Psychology and language -- pt.5. Four cultural entanglements -- pt.6. Closure-or not? -- Conceptual issues-a resume

ISBN

• 9780415455794 (hardcover)
• 0415455790 (hardcover)
• 9780415455800 (pbk.)
• 0415455804 (pbk.)

LCCN

• 2009027983
• 99937789264

OCLC

• ocn424454965
• 424454965
• SCSB-5525573

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries