Hergenhahn's An Introduction to the History of Psychology, 8th Edition

Dreams puzzled early man, Greek philosophers spun elaborate theories to explain human memory and perception, Descartes postulated that the brain was filled with "animal spirits" and Psychology was officially deemed a "science" in the 19th century. In the new HERGENHAHN'S AN INTRODUCTION TO THE HISTORY OF PSYCHOLOGY, noted author Tracy Henley shows you that most of the concerns of contemporary psychologists are manifestations of themes that have recurred for hundreds--or even thousands--of years. Photographs and learning tools, along with fascinating biographical material on key figures in Psychology, engage you and aid your understanding Cover Brief Contents Contents Preface Chapter 1: Introduction Problems in Writing a History of Psychology Why Study the History of Psychology? What Is Science? Revisions in the Traditional View of Science Is Psychology a Science? Persistent Questions in Psychology Summary Discussion Questions Suggestions for Further Reading Glossary Chapter 2: The Ancient World Psychology's Prehistory The First Philosophers Early Greek Medicine The Sophists and Socrates Plato Aristotle The Importance of Early Greek Philosophy Summary Discussion Questions Suggestions for Further Reading Glossary Chapter 3: Rome and the Middle Ages After Aristotle Philosophy in Rome Emphasis on Spirit The Middle Ages Islamic and Jewish Influences Toward a Reconciliation of Christian Faith and Reason Scholasticism William of Occam: A Turning Point The Spirit of the Times before the Renaissance Summary Discussion Questions Suggestions for Further Reading Glossary Chapter 4: Renaissance Science and Philosophy Challenges to Church Authority Renaissance Humanism Renaissance Science Isaac Newton Francis Bacon Rene Descartes Summary Discussion Questions Suggestions for Further Reading Glossary Chapter 5: Empiricism, Sensationalism, and Positivism British Empiricism French Sensationalism: Man as Machine Positivism Summary Discussion Questions Suggestions for Further Reading Glossary Chapter 6: Rationalism Baruch Spinoza Gottfried Wilhelm Von Leibniz Thomas Reid Immanuel Kant Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel Johann Friedrich Herbart Summary Discussion Questions Suggestions for Further Reading Glossary Chapter 7: Romanticism and Existentialism Romanticism Existentialism Kierkegaard and Nietzsche as Psychology Summary Discussion Questions Suggestions for Further Reading Glossary Chapter 8: Physiology and Psychophysics Objective and Subjective Differences Bell-Magendie Law Doctrine of Specific Nerve Energies Hermann von Helmholtz Ewald Hering Christine Ladd-Franklin Early Research on Brain Functioning The Rise of Experimental Psychology Summary Discussion Questions Suggestions for Further Reading Glossary Chapter 9: Early Approaches to Psychology Voluntarism Wilhelm Maximilian Wundt Volkerpsychologie Edward Bradford Titchener Early German Psychology Summary Discussion Questions Suggestions for Further Reading Glossary Chapter 10: Evolution and Individual Differences Evolutionary Theory before Darwin Charles Darwin Sir Francis Galton Individual Differences in Intelligence Intelligence Testing in the United States Intelligence Testing in the Army Modern Testing Summary Discussion Questions Suggestions for Further Reading Glossary Chapter 11: American Psychology and Functionalism Early U.S. Psychology Characteristics of Functional Psychology William James Hugo Munsterberg Granville Stanley Hall Functionalism at Chicago Functionalism at Columbia Beyond Functionalism Summary Discussion Questions Suggestions for Further Reading Glossary Chapter 12: Behaviorism Russian Objective Psychology John B. Watson and Behaviorism William McDougall: Another Type of Behaviorism Summary Discussion Questions Suggestions for Further Reading Glossary Chapter 13: Neobehaviorism Positivism Logical Positivism Edwin Ray Guthrie Clark Leonard Hull B. F. Skinner Edward Chace Tolman Behaviorism Today Summary Discussion Questions Suggestions for Further Reading Glossary Chapter 14: Gestalt Psychology Antecedents of Gestalt Psychology The Founding of Gestalt Psychology Isomorphism and the Law of Pragnanz Perception The Gestalt Explanation of Learning Productive Thinking Kurt Lewin's Field Theory The Impact of Gestalt Psychology Summary Discussion Questions Suggestions for Further Reading Glossary Chapter 15: Early Considerations of Mental Illness What Is Mental Illness? Early Approaches to the Treatment of Mental Illness Improvement in the Treatment of Mental Illness Tensions between Psychological and Medical Models The Use of Hypnotism Summary Discussion Questions Suggestions for Further Reading Glossary Chapter 16: Psychoanalysis Antecedents to the Development of Psychoanalysis Sigmund Freud Early Influences on the Development of Psychoanalysis Project for a Scientific Psychology The Psychopathology of Everyday Life A Review of Freud's Theory of Personality Freud's Fate Beyond Freud Summary Discussion Questions Suggestions for Further Reading Glossary Chapter 17: Humanistic (Third-Force) Psychology Mind, Body, and Spirit Antecedents of Third-Force Psychology Existential Psychology Humanistic Psychology Summary Discussion Questions Suggestions for Further Reading Glossary Chapter 18: Psychobiology Karl S. Lashley Donald O. Hebb Roger W. Sperry Ethology Evolutionary Approaches Summary Discussion Questions Suggestions for Further Reading Glossary Chapter 19: Cognitive Psychology Early Influences Developments around the 1950s A Cognitive Revolution Artificial Intelligence Cognitive Science Connectionism Summary Discussion Questions Suggestions for Further Reading Glossary Chapter 20: Psychology Today Divisions of the American Psychological Association Basic and Applied Psychology Psychology's Status as a Science Postmodernism Is There Anything New in Psychology? Summary Discussion Questions Suggestions for Further Reading Glossary References Text Credit Name Index Subject Index For more than 30 years, numerous independent reviewers, student advice writers and even competitors have heralded HERGENHAHN'S AN INTRODUCTION TO THE HISTORY OF PSYCHOLOGY as the best in the field--and for good reason. It was the first History of Psychology text to include basic pedagogy--elements such as summaries and study questions that several current alternatives still lack. It engages students with interesting biographical tidbits--the fun facts that readers fondly remember after other details fade. Grounded in original source material and contemporary scholarship, the book provides breadth and depth of analysis unrivaled by works of similar length. In the eighth edition, author Tracy Henley continues to demonstrate that most of the concerns of contemporary psychologists are manifestations of themes that have been part of Psychology for hundreds--or even thousands--of years