A History Of Psychology - Couverture rigide

Benjafield, John

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0195419308 ISBN 13 : 9780195419306

Editeur : Oxford University Press, Canada, 2004

Synopsis

Book by Benjafield John G

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

• Twenty-five years of teaching the history of psychology has culminated in Benjafield's engaging text, which combines a thorough overview of pre-20th century developments with a major focus on advances that took place within this century. A new level of comprehensiveness is reached in separate chapters on the history of developmental psychology, the history of methodology, William James, humanistic psychology, and cognitive psychology.

While covering the major figures in the historical development of psychology (Pythagoras, Plato, Aristotle, St. Thomas Aquinas, Descartes, Locke, Berkeley, Hume, Kant, Darwin), Benjafield also acknowledges key influences such as Mary Wollstonecraft, Lao-Tsu, and Isaac Newton, and several often-neglected women such as Christine Ladd-Franklin, Eleanor Gibson, Edith Kaplan, and many others. In addition, the unusually large number of figures and graphs included in the book help students create a visual picture of how psychology has evolved and enhance Benjafield's multidimensional presentation of the material.

Revue de presse

This text is the best in terms of covering the philosophical underpinnings of psychology and giving detailed and comprehensible explications of the history of psychology's theoretical systems." (Michael Pettit, York University)

Benajfield made a judicious choice of thinkers and events to provide an overview of (mostly) the Western history of psychology. . . . He discusses many individuals and currents that previously have been ignored by other textbook-writers in the field of the history of psychology." (Carmen Poulin, University of New Brunswick)

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Oxford University Press, Canada
• Date d'édition: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0195419308
• ISBN 13: 9780195419306
• Reliure: Relié
• Numéro d'édition: 2
• Nombre de pages: 392