A History of Psychology in Letters

The private thoughts, emotions, hopes, and frustrations contained in this collection of letters written by key figures in psychology provide rich insight into the development of the field. From John Locke writing parenting advice in seventeenth century Holland to Kenneth B. Clark responding to the impact of his research on the nineteenth century Brown v. Board decision, this book illustrates the history of the psychology in a direct, engaging manner. Using primary source materials such as letters and journal entries, Ludy Benjamin, one of the leading historians in the field, provides students with a unique view of the story of psychology.

Spis treści:
Preface.
Credits.
1. Reading Other People’s Mail: The Joys of Historical Research.
2. John Locke as Child Psychologist.
3. On the Origin of Species: Darwin’s Crisis of 1858.
4. John Stuart Mill and the Subjection of Women.
5. An American in Leipzig.
6. The Struggle for Psychology Laboratories.
7. William James and Psychical Research.
8. Hugo Münsterberg and the Psychology of Law.
9. A Woman′s Struggles for Graduate Education.
10. Titchener′s Experimentalists: No Women Allowed.
11. Coming to America: Freud and Jung.
12. The Behaviorism of John B. Watson.
13. Nazi Germany and the Migration of Gestalt Psychology.
14. A Social Agenda for American Psychology.
15. B. F. Skinner’s Heir Conditioner.
16. Kenneth B. Clark and the Brown v. Board Decision.
References.
Index.

Nota biograficzna:
Ludy T. Benjamin, Jr. is Professor of Psychology and Educational Psychology at Texas A&M University and is holder of the Glasscock Professorship and a Presidential Professorship in Teaching Excellence. His numerous publications include From Séance to Science: A History of the Profession of Psychology in America (with David Baker, 2004), A History of Psychology: Original Sourc es and Contemporary Research (edited, second edition 1997), and A Brief History of Modern Psychology (forthcoming from Blackwell).

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The private thoughts, emotions, hopes, and frustrations contained in this collection of letters written by key figures in psychology provide rich insight into the development of the field. From John Locke writing parenting advice in seventeenth century Holland to Kenneth B. Clark responding to the impact of his research on the nineteenth century Brown v. Board decision, this book illustrates the history of the psychology in a direct, engaging manner. Using primary source materials such as letters and journal entries, Ludy Benjamin, one of the leading historians in the field, provides students with a unique view of the story of psychology.