Benjamin, Ludy T., 1945-

A brief history of modern psychology / Ludy T. Benjamin, Jr. - Oxford, UK ; Malden, MA : Blackwell Pub., 2007. - xvii, 246 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [220]-236) and index.

Pre-scientific psychology -- Physiology, psychophysics, and the science of mind -- Germany and the birth of a new science -- Origins of scientific psychology in America -- Early schools of psychology -- The birth of the new applied psychology in America -- Psychoanalysis -- Behaviorism -- The new profession of psychology -- A psychology of social action and social change -- Cognitive psychology.

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Psychology--History.

BF95 / .B43 2007

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