TY - BOOK AU - Hothersall,David TI - History of psychology / SN - 0072849657 U1 - 150.9 HO.H 2004 G.C 23 PY - 2004/// CY - Boston : PB - McGraw-Hill KW - Psychology KW - History N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 541-590) and indexes; Psychology and the ancients -- Philosophical and scientific antecedents of psychology -- Early studies of the central nervous system -- Wilhelm Wundt and the founding of psychology -- Edward Titchener and Hugo Münsterberg -- German psychologists of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries -- Gestalt psychology in Germany and the United States -- The history of clinical psychology and the development of psychoanalysis -- Darwin, Galton, Cattell, James, and Hall -- Functionalism at the University of Chicago and Columbia University -- Historical uses and abuses of intelligence testing -- The research of Ivan Pavlov and the behaviorism of John B. Watson -- Four neobehaviorist psychologists N2 - "David Hothersall employs a biographical approach to reveal the important scientific accomplishments of psychology through the fascinating lives of the men and women who achieved groundbreaking discoveries and pioneered the seminal theories driving the discipline. Both the successes and failures of these distinguished psychologists provide a thorough and complete history and show students its relevance to contemporary psychology."--Back cover ER -