Points of View in the Modern History of Psychology
- 1st Edition - November 20, 1985
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Editor: Claude E. Buxton
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 1 - 4 8 3 2 - 3 6 8 4 - 1
- Hardback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 1 4 8 5 1 0 - 8
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 1 - 4 8 3 2 - 5 9 3 5 - 2
Points of View in the Modern History of Psychology is a collection of papers that presents each individual contributor's expert knowledge of history in the field of psychology. One… Read more
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Request a sales quotePoints of View in the Modern History of Psychology is a collection of papers that presents each individual contributor's expert knowledge of history in the field of psychology. One paper examines Wilhelm Wundt's concept of psychology as the propaedeutic science surviving and inspiring a generation or more of psychologists. Another paper discusses the early sources and the basic conceptions of functionalism as used in America. John B. Watson proclaims behaviorism as a new discipline in psychology with defining features, such as an objective, deterministic, scientific, and experimental method that can be used in both human and animal studies. Lieberman (1979), Mackenzie (1977) Miller, Galanter, and Pribram (1960) oppose behaviorism on the grounds that it slights the purpose of psychology, and focuses more on methodology to the detriment of theory. One paper notes that the acceptance or influence that a point of view has is based in some ways on the range and clarity of its connections with experimental and observational reality. This collection can prove useful for psychologists, behavioral scientists, psychiatrists, psycho-analysts, students of psychology, philosophy or general history who are interested in the many viewpoints of psychology.
List of Contributors
Preface
1 Of History, and the Nature of This Book
Introduction
Three Phases in the History of Psychology
The Shaping of Viewpoints
Organizers in Writing History
On Philosophy and Biology
Plan of the Book
References
2 Wilhelm Wundt: Psychology as the Propaedeutic Science
Introduction 19
Intellectual Roots
The Emergence of Wundt's System
Wundt on Research Methods
The Structure of Wundtian Theory
Cultural Psychology
The Decline of Wundtian Psychology
References
3 Shaping a Tradition: Experimentalism Begins
Introduction 51
Georg Elias Müller, The Experimenter's Experimenter
The Leipzig Experimentalists
American Variations
A View from the Present
References
4 Early Sources and Basic Conceptions of Functionalism
Introduction
Early Philosophical Background of Functionalism
Biology for Philosophers
Biological Associationism
Evolutionary Associationism
Evolutionary Thought
Beyond Darwin
The French Contribution
Summary
References
5 American Functionalism
Introduction
Opposition to Evolution, Science, and Psychology
American Psychology Before 1890
The Turning Point
The Philosophy of Pragmatism and the "New" American Psychology
Chicago Functionalism
Summary
The Vanishing of Functionalism
References
6 The Origins of Behaviorism: Antecedents and Proclamation
Introduction
Elements of Behaviorism, 1850-1912
American Psychology with Nonhuman Subjects, 1898-1912
American Psychology with Human Subjects, 1912
The Behaviorist Manifesto, 1913-1914
Watson: The First Behaviorist
Why Watson?
Conclusion
References
7 The Growth of Behaviorism: Controversy and Diversity
Introduction
Reactions to Watsonian Behaviorism, 1913-1930
From Theory to Experimentation, 1930-1950
The Maturing of Skinnerian Behaviorism
Conclusion
References
8 Paradigm Found: A Deconstruction of the History of the Psychoanalytic Movement
Introduction
The Prehistory of Psychoanalysis
The Period of Discovery
The Founding of the Psychoanalytic Paradigm
Conclusion
References
9 Paradigm Lost: Psychoanalysis After Freud
Introduction
Ego Psychology
Object-Relations Theory
Hermeneutic Psychoanalysis
The Feminist Perspective
Conclusion
References
10 Notes Toward a History of Cognitive Psychology
Apologia and Agenda
Contemporary Cognitive Psychology: Form and Formative Years
Schematic Cognitive Psychology: Anticipations and Antecedents
References
11 Gestalt Psychology: Origins in Germany and Reception in the United States
Introduction
Gestalt Theory in Germany
The Reception of Gestalt Theory in the United States
Conclusion
References Notes
References
12 Biological Contributions to the Development of Psychology
Introduction
Brain Systems as Organs of Mind
Brain, Reflex, and Will
Brain and Consciousness
Brain and Feelings
Brain Models of Mind
Counterpoint: A Brainless and Mindless Evolutionary Psychology
Coda: Brain as Machinery of Mind
References
13 Antagonism and Interaction: The Relations of Philosophy to Psychology
Introduction
Philosophy Disowns Psychology
Philosophical Influences on Psychology: The Case of Behaviorism, 1913-1950
Psychological Influences on Philosophy: The Case of Genetic Epistemology
Eighty Years of the Mind-Body Problem
After the Second World War: The Fruits of Informed Interaction
References
14 Retrospect and Prospect: The Era of Viewpoints, Continued
Introduction
The Philosophical Context
The Biological Context
The Theological and Religious Context
Perspective on Points of View
References
Author Index
Subject Index
- Edition: 1
- Published: November 20, 1985
- No. of pages (eBook): 482
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN: 9781483236841
- Hardback ISBN: 9780121485108
- eBook ISBN: 9781483259352
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