The Comprehensive History of PsychologyMotilal Banarsidass Publ., 1991 - 519 Seiten This book is a simple introduction to the history and various systems of Psychology. It provides a basic understanding of major systems and theories in psychology in a comprehensive way. It covers in detail the historiecal backgrounds taking plave before the emgergence of each system. As such, it provides a better understanding about the historical emergence of status of psychology and in beginning its separation from philosophical traditions. It covers a lucid discussion with emphasis on the antecednet forces of all the important system of psychology. Besides the traditional systems, it alos includes in separate chapters a discussion on the CONGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY, the EXISTENTIAL PSYCHOLOGY, the HUMANISTIC PSYCHOLOGY and the INTERNATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY. An overview of psychology in India has also been one of the salient features of the book. This will briefly introduce to teachers and students about what the Indian psychologists are doing.The book is an ideal text for undergraduate and post graduate course of psychology. |
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activities Adler animal antecedent forces anxiety aspects association associationism basic became behavi behaviour behaviourists brain Brunswik called chapter cognitive psychology concept conscious experience consciousness considered contributions criticized Descartes doctrine elements emotion emphasized environment Erikson example existential psychology experimental psychology explained fact Fechner field formulated Freud Freudian function functional psychology functionalists Gestalt psychology Gestaltists Hull human humanistic psychology ideas important Indian influenced instinct interaction introspection James Angell Jung Kohler laboratory later law of effect Leipzig Lewin major McDougall ment mental mental Psychology method mind mind-body problem modern psychology motivation movement needs Neo-Freudians nerves objects organism perceived perception person philosophical physiological pointed postulates principles processes psychic psycho psychoanalysis psychophysical published reinforcement researches response sensation sense sensory Skinner social stage stimulus structuralism superego thinking Thorndike Thorndike's tion Titchner Tolman types unconscious University variables various viewpoints Watson Wilhelm Wundt William James Woodworth Wundt
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Seite 2 - ... One important similarity is that both philosophers and psychological systematists tend to give great scope to their systems; a system is thus a set of very general statements. McGeoch (1933) writes about systems as they might ideally be. His definition of a system makes them sound highly desirable: "By the term 'psychological system' is implied a coherent and inclusive, yet flexible, organisation and interpretation of the facts and special theories of the subject".