The Life Cycle of Psychological Ideas: Understanding Prominence and the Dynamics of Intellectual Change

by Thomas C. Dalton (Editor)

Introduction.- Part 1. Reconstructing Psychology's Founding and New Growth from Phantom Tenuous Attributions to Our Predecessors. Rand B. Evans. Lost Classics and Forgotten James Mark Baldwin as a Case Study in the Disappearance and Rediscovery of Ideas. Robert H. Wozniak. Reinventing the Past Through Reflections on the History of Psychology - 35 Years in the Trenches. John A. Popplestone. High Impact Research Programs in Quantitative and Qualitative Aspects. Dean Keith Simonton. Tracking Trends in Psychological An Empirical Analysis of the History of Psychology. Jessica L. Tracy, Richard W. Robins, and Samuel D. Gosling.- Part 2. Comparative Becoming Big Frogs in a Small On Gaining Eminence in Comparative Psychology. Donald A. Dewsbury. The Psychology of Homo Changing Comparative Perspectives. Michael C. Corballis and Stephen E.G. Lea.- Part 3. Cognitive Science and How Otto Selz Became a Forerunner of the Cognitive Revolution. Pieter J. van Strien and Erik Faas. Consciousness The Scientific Restoration of Mind and Brain. Thomas C. Dalton and Bernard J. Baars.- Part 4. Pragmatism, Individual and Social Myrtle McGraw, the Maturation Debate and Aftermath. Thomas C. Dalton. The Contemporary Reconstruction of Developmental Psychology. Sheldon H. White.- Part 5. Career Pathways and Professional Breaking the Helen Bradford Thompson Woolley. Katherine S. Milar.- Part 6: The Dynamics of Scientific and Cultural Prominence, Schools of Thought and Social Transformation. Thomas C. Dalton.

388 pages, Paperback

First published March 7, 1989