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Author Mandler, George.

Title A history of modern experimental psychology : from James and Wundt to cognitive science / George Mandler.

Imprint Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, c2007.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe 3rd Floor Stacks  150.9 M312h 2007    ---  Available
Description xx, 287 p. ; 21 cm.
Note "A Bradford book."
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. [247]-274) and indexes.
Contents The modern mind : its history and current use -- Aristotle to Alexander Bain : prolegomena of modern psychology -- The social context for the new psychology in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries -- The birth of modern psychology : Wilhelm Wundt and William James -- The "discovery" of the unconscious : imageless thought -- The early twentieth century : consolidation in Europe and behaviorism in America -- The interwar years : psychology matures and theories abound -- The destruction of psychology in Germany, 1933 to 1945 -- The success of Gestalt theory and its translation to the United States -- A new age of psychology at the end of World War II -- Two case histories from the new psychology -- Old problems and new directions at the end of the century -- The clouded crystal ball : psychology today and tomorrow.
Subject Psychology, Experimental.
Cognitive psychology.
Psychology, Experimental -- history.
History, 20th Century.
ISBN 0262134756 (alk. paper)
9780262134750 (alk. paper)
Standard No. YDXCP 2492456
NLM 101301967
NLGGC 294348905
NZ1 10791001
AU@ 000040218040

 
    
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