A History of Modern Psychology

by Duane P. Schultz, Sydney Ellen Schultz

History doesn't have to be dull, and this text is living proof with coverage of interesting topics ranging from the controversial use of IQ tests at Ellis Island to the psychodynamics of gum chewing. A market leader for over 30 years, A HISTORY OF MODERN PSYCHOLOGY has been praised for its comprehensive coverage and biographical approach. Focusing on modern psychology, the book's coverage begins with the late 19th century. Successfully avoiding dry narrative, the authors personalize the history of psychology not only by using biographical information on influential theorists, but also by showing you how major events in those theorists' lives have affected the authors' own ideas, approaches, and methods. Substantial updates in this edition include discussions of evolutionary psychology, cognitive neuroscience, and positive psychology. The result is a book that is as timely and relevant today as it was when it was first introduced.

Genres: Psychology, Textbooks, History, School, Nonfiction, Reference, Science

432 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1969

Reviews

[Ricky · Rating 3 out of 5]

If I had a nickel for every time these people use the word "Zeitgeist!" I spent half the book wondering why this book is in such a counter-intuitive order. Then it suddenly occurred to me that the book is essentially written as a paean to BF Skinner. These people have a for-real hard-on for BF Skinner. You can almost hear the tears hitting the keyboard as they acknowledge that behaviorism is most often spoken of in the past tense these days.

While I find parts of the book convoluted and *subjective*, overall, it succeeds by being pretty accessible and readable. It's written in a very narrative style and is easily digested. You have to admit though that the book devotes considerable length to various quacks and then completely ignores other people, or, in the case of Piaget, seem more interested in Piaget's hiking, snail-hunting, and stale bread eating habits than presenting his cognitive stages of development. Or you have the chapter on Gestalt where it is stated over and over that despite popular perception Gestalt psychology went beyond the study of perception but then offer absolutely no elucidation on the subject.

I'm not sure if the publishers of this book are responsible for the quiz bank used in the online version of the class I'm taking but the questions I've been subjected to are horrible. Many require arbitrary subjective judgments which might be acceptable if these judgments were even hinted at in the textbooks and some are simply insane. "Which of these theorists would most likely have inspired the musical Jesus Christ Superstar?" Seriously? WTF are you even talking about???

[Tarannom · Rating 5 out of 5]

يک سال و نیم پیش کتاب تاریخ روان شناسی هرگتهال. رو خریدم و. همینطور که می بینید طی این یک سال و نیم مطالعه تونستم تمونش کنم. کتاب با ترجمه ی یحیی سید محمدی و نشر ارسبارلن است ، تلفیق این کتاب با تاربخ مکاتب روانشناسی معجونی رو. بوجود آورد که ذهن رو به آرامش می رسونه ، و اما در بین تمام نظريه ها و رويکردها ی روانشناسی از گذشته تا به حال که نظريه هاي مختلف با هم تلفيق شدن ، و يکپارچگی رو ابجاد کردند. رويکرد روانکاوی و روان تحلیل گری توجه من رو جلب کرده و احساس می کنم یک سرو گردن از بقیه رویکردها. جایگاه بالاتری رو داره ، رویکردها و درمان های مختلف که طی دوران کوتاه علم نوین روانشناسی. شکل گرفته ( در مورد. کلمه ی علم هم صحبت خواهم کرد ) از،قبیل گشتالت درمانی ، CBT , رفتارگرایی ، شناخت گرایی ، ACT و درمان هاي وجودي و درمان هاي موج سوم ر .......همه و همه در مقابل روان کاوی مجبور به تعظيم هستند و حرفي براي گفتن ندارند ، به گفته فروید در سرتاسر تاریخ سه شوک عمده به من جمعی انسان وارد شده است


1- اولین ضربه توسط کوپرنبک ستاره شناس هلندی وارد شد که زمین مرکز جهان نیست بلکه یکی از بسیار سیاره هایی است که به دور خورشید می چرخد

2-دومین کشف توسط چارلز داروین در قرن نوزدهم عنوان شد که نشان داد انسان موجودی یگانه واز انواع جداگانه ای که در عالم خلقت جایگاه والایی داشته باشد ،نیست بلکه صرفا شکل بالاتری از انواع حیوانات است که از تکامل اشکال پایین تر حیات حاصل شده است.

3- زیگموند فروید با این ادعا که ما فرمانروایان منطقی زندگی خود نیستیم بلکه در کتترل نیروهای ناهشیار قرار داریم که از انها ناآگاهیم ،سومین ضربه را وارد کرد .

ببدنسان کوپرنیک بشریت را از مرکز جهان خارج کرده بود و داروین او را وادار کرده بود که خویشاوندی خوذ را با حیوانات بپذیرد و فروید نشان داد که متطق و تعقل ارباب خانه خودش نیست.

با این اوضاع هنوز هم کسانی یافت می شوند که خود را محور عالم وجود می نامند و خاص بودن خود را مدام به رخ می کشند.

پ.ن واما در مورد علم ،روانشناسی علم است چون همواره درحال تغییر است. و دانش هیچگاه تغییر نمی یابد تثبیت شده است و بس عين قوانین و معادلات ریاضي و امار

[Zuziq]

i had no choice.

[ثمین پذیرائی · Rating 3 out of 5]

این منبع رو باید ترم دو میخوندیم ،یه بخش هاییش رو خونده بودم فقط
اما الان که ترم پنجم کامل خوندمش تا به دانشم کمک کنه ،خب طبعا با توجه به اسمش دقیقا تاریخ روانشناسی و تحولش هست و اسامی رو طبق خط زمانی اورده…از این نظر خوبه ولی خب چیز خاصی بهتون یاد نمیده
فقط یه دید کلی میده ..
امتیاز ۳ کافی بود
من هر روز سعی کردم دو فصل بخونم و خب ۱۶ فصل بود تقریبا ۱۰ روز برای من طول کشید تا تمومش کنم 😁👌🏼

[Ehab mohamed · Rating 5 out of 5]

لم استمتع منذ مدة بقراءة كتاب استمتاعي بقراءة هذا الكتاب.
سرد شائق وماتع لتطور علم النفس ومدارسه مع رصد لروح العصر والممهدات لكل مدرسة وسرد دون إسهاب لأهم أفكار الآباء المؤسسين لكل مدرسة، يعيبه فقط غياب بعض كبار الأسماء مثل أوتو رانك وفروم، ولكن لا بأس، فالكمال لله وحده.

قرأت ترجمته العربية الأكثر من رائعة والصادرة عن المركز القومي للترجمة بعنوان تاريخ علم النفس الحديث.

[Katie · Rating 5 out of 5]

I just finished reading this book and, wow!, it was a great read as to the history of psychology. It was an easy to read and follow book; very well organized.
It's a keeper.

[Hossein Bayat]

برای من که در ابتدای مسیر روانشناسی و مشاوره قرار دارم کتاب به رسالت خود؛ یعنی معرفی اجمالی از جریانات فکری و تاریخ روانشناسی عمل نمود.

[julka · Rating 4 out of 5]

przefajne — super opisane biografie

[Ali · Rating 4 out of 5]

کتاب یه تاریخچه ای از روانشناسی ارائه میده که از ووندت شروع میشه و در نهایت با روانشناسی تکاملی و شناختی به پایان می رسه. برای هر مکتب روانشناسی اول یه پیشینه ای از زمینه های شکل گیریش رو میگه و بعد افراد تاثیر گذار و بیوگرافی مختصر هر کدوم رو مطرح می کنه. گاها کتاب قسمت های از متن های اصلی رو هم عینا نقل می کنه و معمولا در انتها هم یه قسمت نقد و بررسی داره. در کل کتاب مفیدی بود ولی به نظرم یه مقدار زیاد به جزئیات نامرتبط می پرداخت و روند خسته کننده ای هم داشت که البته از کتاب مرجع دانشگاهی خیلی هم انتظار بیشتری نمی ره. یه استاد آمریکایی ولی کل فصل های کتاب رو به صورت مختصر توی کانال یوتیوبش ارائه کرده که می تونید به اون هم مراجعه کنید.

[Stephabue · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5/5 ⭐️

this textbook was more enjoyable than my actual class in university

[Victoria · Rating 5 out of 5]

It's unthinkable that I am rating a textbook with 5 stars. Who would've thought? :D But this one really is a gem if you are into psychology and/or are studying it at a university level. A textbook, in my opinion, should be interesting to read, not only full of facts, and this one is exactly like that. I am really glad our professor chose it for studying history of psychology.

[Ola · Rating 4 out of 5]

Całkiem przyjemnie się czytało, dobrze uporządkowane, ale będzie jeszcze lepsze, jeśli zapewni mi dobrą ocenę z egzaminu 🙏

[raisa · Rating 3 out of 5]

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[Stef · Rating 4 out of 5]

Written in an easy to read way and I found most of the stories engaging. This book gives you detailed history on the founding of psychology and the people who contributed to it. Starting from physicists and philosophers and everyone in between. There were so many components that I didn't realize before, and also gives insight into how theories were created and generally the underlying reason for why. I thought it is a decent read for psychology majors or anyone interested in the field.

[Dusti Falgoust · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is the best textbook I have ever been assigned for a class. I love non-fiction and will often read about various subjects outside of my college courses. This text was very enjoyable to read and it felt like reading for fun, not for class. The authors overused the word zeitgeist and I'm sure there were other flaws, but overall, I really enjoyed it. There were so many interesting bits of information, I kept quoting the book to my husband and friends.

[Aparajita Ghosh · Rating 4 out of 5]

Who knew a psychology textbook could be so delightfully absurd? This silly little book manages to be both digestible and hilariously entertaining, making the dusty old theories of great (and not-so-great) psychologists feel like a stand-up comedy routine. With its charming knack for irrelevant details, it illustrates these lofty minds as wonderfully flawed and quirky humans.

Quite an eccentric read, just what I needed.

[Evan · Rating 5 out of 5]

I'm using this for my class on the History of Psychology (Psych 601: Systems & Theories in Psychology). Great text for the undergraduate level. Interesting background information on the psychologists and very well organized. Lots of good supplemental materials for the instructor, too. I'm very happy with this textbook for my class.

[J. Keck · Rating 5 out of 5]

During my studies in psychology, this was a valuable and informative book. The author established a solid history of the development psychological theory with chapters on structuralism, functionalism, Gestalt, behaviorism, Psychoanalysis and recent developments. It's a book that I kept and rests securely in my library.

[Charlotte · Rating 4 out of 5]

First text book I think I've ever read cover to cover for fun. The authors did a great job introducing the constantly changing nature of the history and applying it to psychology, which I appreciated... and then saw play out at the end of the book.

I was too cheap to get the most recent edition (why do textbooks have to be so expensive), so this 2012 edition already mentioned several studies that have been thrown into doubt which we previously thought were quite solid. (E.g. the studies on priming, like the hot coffee study: https://digest.bps.org.uk/2019/01/02/... )

One of the things this book fails to mention, as all of this was probably going down as they were writing it, was the replication crisis in psychology, which is a pretty big deal. Many of the studies I read about in the last chapter were with a large grain of salt because of the above and this. (https://replicationindex.com/2020/01/...) I'd be really curious if the authors talk about this in the more current edition of the book.

I enjoyed reading the character descriptions of many of the figures in psychology's history—I really respected Descartes protection of his privacy and time for deep work by constantly moving (that's dedication), and also was pretty amazed at what happened to (various parts of) his body posthumously. Also I have such respect for Charles Darwin's extremely meticulous efforts to write the Origin of Species, despite his own psychological difficulties.

I'd have to say my least favorite chapter was on Gestalt Psychology. I came away after reading that with... only a vague sense of what it was about, without many concrete details.

Anyways, I finished this book having a better sense of the lay of the field's continual development, and an appreciation for people who struggle with various mental health issues... and end up creating new schools of thought that answer questions that previous ways of understanding psychology weren't doing at the time.

We're still trying to figure out of the earth is revolving around the sun, or the sun around the earth in psychology (or, realistically, that it's actually both with hella nuance), but it's been really fun to read about how we've gotten to where we are now...

[Yahya · Rating 4 out of 5]

Modern Psikoloji tarihi için temel bir kaynak. En önemli ekolleri hem yaratıcıları hem önemli isimleri ile birlikte diğer güzel bir şekilde açıklamış. Önemli bir yönü de direkt bir başlangıçtan ziyade bir tarihsel gelişimde felsefe ve fizyolojik geçmişiyle birlikte ele alması.
Yapısalcılık, İşlevselcilik, Davranışçılık, Gestalt, Psikanaliz ve Bilişsel Psikoloji ekoller ön planda.

[liliana ♡ · Rating 4 out of 5]

4.5 ⭐️ I absolutely loved reading about the history of psychology. Taking this class and having this book as our resource really brought in a new passion for me, especially when it comes to the role women played in the development of the field. Awesome layout of information and very well-rounded when it came to different theories and experiments, as well as the background information on them.

[Ehab mohamed · Rating 5 out of 5]

لم استمتع منذ مدة بقراءة كتاب استمتاعي بقراءة هذا الكتاب.
سرد شائق وماتع لتطور علم النفس ومدارسه مع رصد لروح العصر والممهدات لكل مدرسة وسرد دون إسهاب لأهم أفكار الآباء المؤسسين لكل مدرسة، يعيبه فقط غياب بعض كبار الأسماء مثل أوتو رانك وفروم، ولكن لا بأس، فالكمال لله وحده.

قرأت ترجمته العربية الأكثر من رائعة والصادرة عن المركز القومي للترجمة بعنوان تاريخ علم النفس الحديث.

[Anna Blankenship · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was a great book, very informative and easy to understand but I felt like it was not organized well. The "timeline" of the book felt like it went back and forth in some areas and didn't always acknowledge the overlapping of some movements.

[Tea · Rating 4 out of 5]

Not a bad book. A little like review of Psychology concepts but with some Philosophy into it. Was interesting to see all the connections between philosophers and how concepts in psychology were designed.

[Ida Aasebøstøl · Rating 2 out of 5]

Det er tydeligvis en obligatorisk modell for "hvordan skrive en psykologihistorie". For en mer velskrevt og leseverdig variant, se Karl Halvor Teigens "En psykologihistorie".

[Marion · Rating 4 out of 5]

One of the most engaging textbooks I have read.

[DaryAlv. · Rating 5 out of 5]

Good.

[Gülçin Arkış · Rating 5 out of 5]

Psikoloji tarihi dersimizde kullandığım bir kaynaktı hala başka dersler için kaynak olarak kullanabiliyorum. Psikoloji tarihi konusunda en kapsamlı kitaptır.

[Blarneygod · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was a very informative textbook.

[Safira · Rating 5 out of 5]

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