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Genre/Form: | History Collected Work |
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Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Foundations of psychological thought. Los Angeles : Sage Publications, Inc., ©2009 (OCoLC)653052153 |
Material Type: | Internet resource |
Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Barbara F Gentile; Benjamin Miller |
ISBN: | 9780761930778 0761930779 |
OCLC Number: | 227327834 |
Description: | xvi, 671 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
Contents: | PART I: The mind and the body. The passions of the soul (1649) / René Descartes (1596-1650) -- Psychology (1892) / William James (1842-1910 -- Outlines of psychology (1897) / Wilhelm Wundt (1832-1920) -- Computing machinery and intelligence (1950) / Alan Turing (1912-1954) -- Minds, brains, and science (1984) / John Searle (b.1932) -- -- PART II: Perceiving. An essay towards a new theory of vision (1709) / George Berkeley (1685-1753) -- Essays on the intellectual powers of man (1785) / Thomas Reid (1710-1796) -- Treatise on physiological optics (1867) / Hermann von Helmholtz (1821-1894) -- The perception of the visual world (1950) / J.J. Gibson (1904-1979) -- Visual information processing: the structure and creation of visual representations (1980) / David Marr (1945-1980) -- -- PART III: Opening the black box. On the speed of mental processes (1868-1869) / F.C. Donders (1818-1889) -- An outline of psychology (1896) / E.B. Titchener (1867-1927) -- Psychopathology of everyday life (1901) / Sigmund Freud (1856-1939) -- Human acquisition of concepts for sequential patterns (1963) / Herbert Simon (1916-2001) and Kenneth Kotovsky (b. 1939) -- About behaviorism (1974) / B.F. Skinner (1904-1990) -- Localization of cognitive operations in the human brain (1988) / Michael I. Posner (b.1936) [and others] -- -- PART IV: Nativism and empiricism -- AKA heredity and environment. Notes directed against a certain programme (1648) / René Descartes (1596-1650) -- An essay concerning human understanding (1690) / John Locke (1632-1704) -- The origin of species (1859) / Charles Darwin (1809-1882) -- The facts of perception (1878) / Hermann von Helmholtz (1821-1894) -- Instincts and their vicissitudes (1915) / Sigmund Freud (1856-1939) -- What the nursery has to say about instincts (1926) / John Watson (1878-1958) -- The misbehavior of organisms (1961) / Keller Breland (1915-1965) and Marian Breland (1920-2001) -- Language and mind (1968) / Noam Chomsky (b.1928) -- -- PART V: Levels of explanation. Laws and organization in perceptual forms (1923) / Max Wertheimer (1880-1943) -- Conditioned reflexes: an investigation of the physiological activity of the cerebral cortex (1927) / Ivan Petrovich Pavlov (1849-1936) -- Experiments in social space (1939) / Kurt Lewin (1890-1947) -- Cognitive maps in rats and men (1948) / Edward Chace Tolman (1886-1959) -- Organization of behavior: a neuropsychological theory (1949) / Donald Hebb (1904-1985) -- Cognitive neuroscience and the study of memory (1998) / Brenda Milner (b.1918), Larry R. Squire (b. 1941), and Eric R. Kandel (b. 1929) -- -- PART VI: Normal and abnormal. Medical inquiries and observations upon the diseases of the mind (1812) / Benjamin Rush (1746-1813) -- A critique of cultural and statistical concepts of abnormality (1939) / Henry J. Wegrocki (1909-1967) -- Neurosis and human growth (1950) / Karen Horney (1885-1952) -- The adjustment of the male overt homosexual (1957) / Evelyn Hooker (1907-1996) -- The myth of mental illness (1960) / Thomas S. Szasz (b.1920) -- Biological psychiatry: is there any other kind? (1989) / Samuel B. Guze (1923-2000) -- The mental health continuum: from languishing to flourishing in life (2002) / Corey L.M. Keyes (b.1962). |
Responsibility: | edited by Barbara F. Gentile, Benjamin O. Miller. |
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Table of Contents:
Part I. The mind and the body -- 1.1. The Passions of the Soul (1649) / René Descartes -- 1.2. Psychology (1892) / William James -- 1.3. Outlines of Psychology (1897) / Wilhelm Wundt -- 1.4. Computing Machinery and Intelligence (1950) / Alan Turing -- 1.5. Minds, Brains, and Science (1984) / John Searle -- Part II. Perceiving -- 2.1. An Essay Towards a New Theory of Vision (1709) / George Berkeley -- 2.2. Essays on the Intellectual Powers of Man (1785) / Thomas Reid -- 2.3. Treatise on Physiological Optics (1867) / Hermann von Helmholtz -- 2.4. The Perception of the Visual World (1950) / J. J. Gibson -- 2.5. Visual Information Processing: The Structure and Creation of Visual Representations (1980) / David Marr -- Part III. Opening the black box -- 3.1. On the Speed of Mental Processes (1868–1869) / F. C. Donders -- 3.2. An Outline of Psychology (1896) / E. B. Titchener -- 3.3. Psychopathology of Everyday Life (1901) / Sigmund Freud -- 3.4. Human Acquisition of Concepts for Sequential Patterns (1963) / Herbert Simon (1916–2001) and Kenneth Kotovsky -- 3.5. About Behaviorism (1974) / B. F. Skinner -- 3.6. Localization of Cognitive Operations in the Human Brain (1988) / Michael I. Posner (b. 1936), Steven F. Petersen (b. 1952), Peter T. Fox (b. 1951), and Marcus E. Raichle -- Part IV. Nativism and empiricism: aka heredity and environment -- 4.1. Notes Directed Against a Certain Programme (1648) / René Descartes -- 4.2. An Essay Concerning Human Understanding (1690) / John Locke -- 4.3. The Origin of Species (1859) / Charles Darwin -- 4.4. The Facts of Perception (1878) / Hermann von Helmholtz -- 4.5. Instincts and Their Vicissitudes (1915) / Sigmund Freud -- 4.6. What the Nursery Has to Say About Instincts (1926) / John Watson -- 4.7. The Misbehavior of Organisms (1961) / Keller Breland (1915–1965) and Marian Breland -- 4.8. Language and Mind (1968) / Noam Chomsky -- Part V. Levels of explanation -- 5.1. Laws of Organization in Perceptual Forms (1923) / Max Wertheimer -- 5.2. Conditioned Reflexes: An Investigation of the Physiological Activity of the Cerebral Cortex (1927) / Ivan Petrovich Pavlov -- 5.3. Experiments in Social Space (1939) / Kurt Lewin -- 5.4. Cognitive Maps in Rats and Men (1948) / Edward Chace Tolman -- 5.5. Organization of Behavior: A Neuropsychological Theory (1949) / Donald Hebb -- 5.6. Cognitive Neuroscience and the Study of Memory (1998) / Brenda Milner (b. 1918), Larry R. Squire (b. 1941), and Eric R. Kandel -- Part VI. Norman and abnormal -- 6.1. Medical Inquiries and Observations Upon the Diseases of the Mind (1812) / Benjamin Rush -- 6.2. A Critique of Cultural and Statistical Concepts of Abnormality (1939) / Henry J. Wegrocki -- 6.3. Neurosis and Human Growth (1950) / Karen Horney -- 6.4. The Adjustment of the Male Overt Homosexual (1957) / Evelyn Hooker -- 6.5. The Myth of Mental Illness (1960) / Thomas S. Szasz -- 6.6. Biological Psychiatry: Is There Any Other Kind? (1989) / Samuel B. Guze -- 6.7. The Mental Health Continuum: From Languishing to Flourishing in Life (2002) / Corey L. M. Keyes.
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"Through carefully selected and extensively annotated original sources, Foundations of Psychological Thought deals with some of the most important issues and ideas in the history of psychological thought." -- Savannah Jones "A wonderful resource collection of 'original source material.' I appreciate the cluster of readings by topic as well as the date." -- James Uchtenberg Read more...

