Author:
Fancher, Raymond E.
Edition Statement:1st ed.
Imprint:New York : Norton, c1979.
Descriptionxv, 397 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
Note:René Descartes and the Foundations of Modern Psychology - Decarte's Early life and the development of his method. - Physiological Thought: "The Treatise of Man". - Philosophy of Mind. - Interactive Dualism. - Decarte's Place in Modern Psychology. - The Physiology of Mind: Conceptions of the Brain from Gall to Penfield. - Gall and the Phrenological Movement. - Flourens and the Discrediting of Phrenology. - Aphasia and the Discovery of Language Areas. - Memory and the Equipotentiality of the Brain. - The Stimulation of the Conscious Human Brain. - The Sensing and Perceiving Mind: Kant, Helmholtz, and the Gestalt Psychologists. - Herman Helmholtz: Early Life. - The Triumph of Mechanism in Physiology. - Studies in Sensation and Perception. - Helmholtz's Place in Psychology. - Gestalt Psychology: A Brief Overview. - Psychology in the University: Wilhelm Wundt and William James. - Wilhelm Wundt: Early Life and Education. - Wundt's Early Psychology. - The Institute at Leipzig. - Völkerpsychologie. - Wundt's Influence on Modern Psychology. - William James: Early Years. - James's Academic Training. - James as a Teacher. - The Principles of Psychology. - James's Influence on Psychology. - Early Hypnotists and the Psychology of Social Influence. - Mesmer and Animal Magnetism. - Puységur and Artificial Somnambulism. - The Founding of "Hypnotism". - The Nancy School. - Charcot: Hypnosis and Hysteria. - Le Bon and the Psychology of Crowds. - Man in Conflict: The Psychoanalytic Psychology of Sigmund Freud. - Freud's Education and Early Career. - The Free Association Technique. - The Interpetation of Dreams. - Freud's Self-Analysis. - Theory of Childhood Sexuality. - Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy. - Model of the Mind: The Id, Ego, and Superego. - The Freudian Legacy. - The Measurement of Mind: Francis Galton and the Psychology of Individual Differences. - Galton's Early Life and Career. - Darwinian Theory and the Study of Hereditary Genius. - The Nature-Nurture Controversy. - Studies of Human Faculty. - Correlation and Regression. - Galton's Place in Psychology. - Psychology as the Science of Behavior: Ivan Pavlov and John B. Watson. - Ivan Pavlov: Early Life and Education. - Pavlov's Laboratory. - Conditioned Reflexes. - Pavlov's Theory of the Brain. - Pavlov's Reputation and Influence. - John B. Watson: Early Life and Education. - The Founding of Behaviorism. - Watson's Behaviorist Writings. - Watson's Place in Psychology. - Modern Pioneers: Jean Piaget and B. F. Skinner. - Jean Piaget: Early Life and Career. - Intelligence Testing. - Genetic Epistemology. - Piaget's Influence on Education. - B. F. Skinner: Early Life and Influences. - Operant Conditioning. - The Applications and Implications of Skinnerian Psychology.
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