History of Psychology

A biographical approach to the history of psychology from 1850 to the present, with up-to-date research and improved pedagogy.

David Hothersall (Author), Benjamin J. Lovett (Author)

9781108477727, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 24 March 2022

642 pages
25 x 17.4 x 3.5 cm, 1.16 kg

'A triumph! With cutting-edge historiography and expansive, stunning discoveries, the fifth edition of History of Psychology brings together the anchors of our past and opens important questions for our collective future.' Richard Ruth, The George Washington University

Hothersall and Lovett's History of Psychology is a lively survey of the evolution of the field from 1850 to the present. Built around the lives of fascinating thinkers who proposed bold new ways of studying human behavior and mental processes, and telling the true stories behind their famous experiments, this textbook provides students with an intimate understanding of how psychology came to be what it is today. Thoroughly updated with the latest historical scholarship, the fifth edition includes greater focus on the contributions of women and people of color, and a new chapter on the late twentieth century and the cognitive revolution. It also features updated pedagogy such as chapter discussion questions and unique archival photographs, while instructor resources include a test bank, lecture slides, and an instructor manual.

Preface
1. Approaching the history of psychology: recurrent questions in psychology
2. Scientific and philosophical foundations of psychology
3. Early investigations of the central nervous system and the beginnings of neuroscience
4. Wilhelm Wundt and the founding of psychology
5. Wundt's students in the United States: Edward Titchener and Hugo Münsterberg
6. German psychologists of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries
7. Gestalt psychology in Germany and the United States
8. The evolutionary perspective in Britain: Charles Darwin and Francis Galton
9. Early Psychology in the United States: James McKeen Cattell, William James, Granville Stanley Hall, and Mary Whiton Calkins
10. Functionalism at the University of Chicago and Columbia University
11. Psychoanalysis and the development of clinical specialties
12. Historical uses and abuses of intelligence testing
13. The research of Ivan Pavlov and the behaviorism of John B. Watson
14. Three neo-behaviorist psychologists: Edward Tolman, Clark Hull, and B. F. Skinner
15. The cognitive revolution and beyond
Epilogue
Glossary
References
Name Index
Subject index.

Subject Areas: Popular psychology [VSP], History of science [PDX], Teaching of a specific subject [JNU], Social, group or collective psychology [JMH]