The Cambridge Handbook of the Intellectual History of Psychology

Describes how psychological ideas have evolved across numerous research areas within psychology.

Robert J. Sternberg (Edited by), Wade E. Pickren (Edited by)

9781108418690, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 16 May 2019

452 pages, 17 b/w illus. 5 tables
26 x 18.1 x 3.2 cm, 1.14 kg

'… accessible overviews of contemporary psychological topics, showing awareness of the factors that shape their current form.' Roger Smith, The British Journal for the History of Science

We cannot understand contemporary psychology without first researching its history. Unlike other books on the history of psychology, which are chronologically ordered, this Handbook is organized topically. It covers the history of ideas in multiple areas of the field and reviews the intellectual history behind the major topics of investigation. The evolution of psychological ideas is described alongside an analysis of their surrounding context. Readers learn how eminent psychologists draw on the context of their time and place for ideas and practices, and also how innovation in psychology is an ongoing dialogue between past, present, and anticipated future.

Introduction Robert J. Sternberg and Wade E. Pickren
1. Major paradigms and approaches in psychology John G. Benjafield
2. Methodology in psychology Daniel J. Denis and Briana Young
3. Neuroscience in psychology Gary G. Berntson and David Hothersall
4. Sensation and perception Linda M. Bartoshuk
5. Attention Michael I. Posner
6. Learning Mark Bouton and Robert Boakes
7. Memory Henry L. Roediger, III, and Jeremy K. Yamashiro
8. Decision making Yuval Erez and Valerie F. Reyna
9. Creativity Christa L. Taylor, Vlad P. Glavenau, Allison B. Kaufman and James C. Kaufman
10. Intelligence Robert J. Sternberg
11. Development Jeremy Burman
12. Social psychology Cathy Faye
13. Gender Alexandra Rutherford
14. Emotion David Devonis
15. Motivation Richard M. Ryan, Emma L. Bradshaw and Edward L. Deci
16. Personality and its assessment James N. Butcher
17. Abnormal psychology Petteri Pietikainen
18. Psychotherapy Roderick D. Buchanan and Nicholas O. Haslam
19. Health psychology Wade E. Pickren.

Subject Areas: Popular psychology [VSP], Social, group or collective psychology [JMH], Psychological methodology [JMB], Psychological theory & schools of thought [JMA], Psychology [JM]