Principles of Psychology, Vol. 2 [Paperback]

William James (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 1, 1950

Volume 2 of the famous long course, complete and unabridged. Covers stream of thought, time perception, memory, and experimental methods. Total in set: 94 figures.

Product Details

• Paperback: 720 pages
• Publisher: Dover Publications (June 1, 1950)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0486203824
• ISBN-13: 978-0486203829
• Product Dimensions: 8 x 5.4 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #187,872 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Most wide ranging book about human psychology, June 9, 1999

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Georg Strøm (Denmark) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Principles of Psychology, Vol. 2 (Paperback)

This is probably the most wide ranging and best book ever written about human psychology. Even though it is more than 100 years old, it still gives the best description of the width and range of human thinking and activities.

Roughly speaking, there are two main areas in psychology:

1. The clinical psychology, psychoanalysis and treatment. That area was to a large part shaped by Freud.

2. The cognitive psychology which describes how we think and experience the world. That area was founded by William James, and this book is his main work

The book was written before the separation of psychological science, philosophy and discussions about ethics and human values. It was also written before much of the cognitive psychology degenerated into investigations of white mice running through mazes. It can therefore give a wide ranging and consistent wiev of our thinking and experience.