Explorations in the History of Psychology in the United States

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Josef Brožek
Bucknell University Press, 1984 - 333 páginas
This collection of monographs traces the development of psychology in the United States from the 1630s to the present, describing and explaining the influence of European and indigenous doctrines and methods, and chronicling the process from meager beginnings to world leadership in the field. Illustrated.
 

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THE ORIGINS OF AMERICAN ACADEMIC PSYCHOLOGY
17
Psychology in the Scholastic Curriculum
19
The New Learning
22
The Rise of Scottish Thought in America
29
Scottish Philosophy and Academic Orthodoxy
34
Consolidation and Development of Academic Psychology
42
Academic Reform and the Coming of the New Psychology
48
ITS APPLICATIONS AND IMPLICATIONS
61
John Dewey and J F Angell
165
E L Thorndike
167
R S Woodworth
171
W B Cannon
172
Mary W Calkins and Gordon Allport
175
G H Mead
177
Morton Prince Boris Sidis and J J Putnam
181
Overview
184

The Theory of the Mind
62
Creating a Need for Conversion
63
The Fruitless Search for God and Salvation
67
A Preface to the Operation of the Spirit in Conversion
69
The Discovery of Divine Love
73
The Psychological Basis of Spiritual Uncertainty
78
The Need for Criteria
79
Marks and Signs as Evidence
81
Solemn Inward Pain of Truth
85
Edwardss Achievement
87
The Psychological Thought of Jonathan Edwards 17031758 A Historiographical Review
97
BETWEEN THE OLD AND THE NEW PSYCHOLOGY
121
General Chronological Framework
123
Teaching at Lewisburg
125
Presidency at Lewisburg
126
The University of Rochester
127
Thinking and Writing
128
The Elements of Psychology
129
Genetic Philosophy
136
From Dualism toward Monism
139
Applying Psychology
142
Synopsis
143
ITS REVOLUTIONARY IMPACT ON AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGY
148
William Jamess Psychology of Will
149
Fiat as Inhibition and Consent
151
Feelings of Innervation Refuted on Empirical Grounds
153
A Functionalist Critique of the Association of Ideas
155
The Impact on American Psychology
158
J M Baldwin
160
Conclusion
186
PIONEER PSYCHOLOGY LABORATORIES IN CLINICAL SETTINGS
196
1 Growth of Academic Laboratories
197
2 Equipment
199
3 Support
201
5 The Laboratory and Scientific Psychology
202
6 To Introspect or Not to Introspect
203
7 Laboratories in Action
205
Psychological Research in Psychiatric Settings
207
Institutional Personnel
209
Academic Personnel
226
An Overview
227
Psychological Research in the Context of Mental Deficiency
228
The Laboratory Era
230
Between the Experimental Laboratory and the Testing Room
235
The Mental Testers
253
JAMES MCKEEN CATTELL AND AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGY IN THE 1920S
273
Mental Testing
276
Industrial Psychology
283
Certification of Consulting Psychologists
290
Financial Support of Child Psychology
292
The Psychological Community and E B Titchener
294
The Ninth International Congress of Psychology
295
Gestalt Psychology in America
297
Closing Comments
307
NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS
324
INDEX
327
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