A History of Psychology

ISBN-10: 0195419308
ISBN-13: 9780195419306
Series: A History of Psychology
Pages: 378
Language: English
Published: 2005
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Author: John G. Benjafield

Description

A History of Psychology presents the ideas of significant individuals in psychology and explains the role of cultural context in shaping the ideas that become dominant in a society at a particular time. The book outlines the contributions of well over a hundred thinkers and psychologists including Pythagoras, Lao-tzu, Aristotle, Abraham Maslow, B.F. Skinner, and Herbert Simon.