A History of Psychology [Paperback]

Robert B. Lawson (Author), Jean E. Graham (Author), Kristin M. Baker (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 21, 2006 | ISBN-10: 0130141232 | ISBN-13: 978-0130141231 | Edition: 1

This comprehensive and engaging history presents psychology as a global science, discusses the nature and methods of historical analysis, and integrates overarching psychological principles, ideas, and applications that have shaped the global history of psychology. The volume integrates materials from religion, philosophy and biology into the historical development of psychology and contextualizes developments in psychology by including a treatment of issues in the local culture, society, and global culture. This volume examines psychology as it relates to globalization, psychology, and history, early philosophical and biological foundations of scientific psychology, the schools of psychology including Voluntarism and Structuralism, Functionalism, Behaviorism, Gestalt Psychology and Psychoanalysis, as well as providing a thorough treatment of women in psychology, racial diversity in psychology and psychology in Russia, China, Latin America, South Africa, and India-Asia.  For those in fields related to psychology, political science and sociology.

Product Details

• Paperback: 528 pages
• Publisher: Prentice Hall; 1 edition (July 21, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0130141232
• ISBN-13: 978-0130141231
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7.2 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #259,646 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars History of Psychology, October 7, 2011

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I ordered this book for my PSYCH 701 doctoral class and it is filled with great, informative, and historical information. I love it!

4.0 out of 5 stars Great overview of psychology's roots, December 16, 2009

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History Of Psychology- (Value Pack w/MySearchLab) was one of the texts for a graduate course in psychology I recently took through the University of Phoenix Online's program. I found this book to be very accessible, as it traced the historical roots of psychology in different philosophical schools through the centuries. The book broadens the usual search for the background making up psychology to include women, people of color, and more than just Western European and American perspectives. It is thorough, and makes the reader realize the global scope of the origins of psychology.

My one criticism was the authors' decision to create separate chapters for women's and people of color's contributions to psychology. While this reflects the extreme difficulty these groups had gaining access to training and credentials in academic psychology at the turn of the 20th Century, keeping them separate reinforces the "strangeness" of their experience for me. A more accurate story of their struggle would be integrated into the narrative of the "Great White Men" who both helped and hindered their careers, instead of lauding the latter and then turning around and taking them down. The ongoing struggle for civil equality does not sit on the sidelines of history--it IS history.

Most people think that psychology began with Freud's theories, a myth this book robustly busts. I recommend it to anyone who wants to see how the different theoretical perspectives in psychology have evolved in the present day.