A Brief History of Psychology

A Brief History of Psychology
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Publisher : Psychology Press
Total Pages : 328
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ISBN-10 : 9781848728745
ISBN-13 : 1848728743
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Book Synopsis A Brief History of Psychology by : Michael Wertheimer

Download or read book A Brief History of Psychology written by Michael Wertheimer and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2012 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This edition approaches psychology as a discipline with antecedents in philosophical speculation and early scientific experimentation. It covers these early developments, 19th-century German experimental psychology and empirical psychology in tradition of William James, the 20th century dubbed "the age of schools" and dominated by psychoanalysis, behavioralism, structuralism, and Gestalt psychology, as well as the return to empirical methods and active models of human agency. Finally it evaluates psychology in the new millennium and developments in terms of women in psychology, industrial psychology and social justice


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