History of Modern Psychology
A Global Perspective
C. James Goodwin
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History of Modern Psychology
A Global Perspective
C. James Goodwin
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History of Modern Psychology: A Global Perspective explores the modern history of psychology, including the fundamental bases of psychology and psychology's advancements in the 20th century. This book discusses the many interconnections that exist among the different areas of psychology. It not only provides accounts of the lives and contributions of psychology's pioneers, set into historical context, but it also contains original writings by these psychologists, interwoven with informative comments from the author. It covers the historical developments in psychology of the past 150 years and psychology's best-known pioneers––Watson, James, Titchener, Freud, Skinner, and many others.
This International Adaptation offers many new topics, including the Philosophical Perspective of Psychology in Other Parts of the World, Scientific Approaches Outside the US, and Relevance of Wundt's Contributions Outside the Western World. Other new topics covered are Global Acceptability of Darwin's Principles and their Impact on Psychological Thinking, Global Industrial Psychologists, Gestalt Psychology and its Global Impact, and Global Importance of Psychology as a Subject. It also focuses on strengthening the organization of the content with some new end-of-chapter study questions.