Inside psychology : a science over 50 years / edited by Pat Rabbitt.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Rabbitt, Patrick.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Psychology.

History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (309 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Psychology is a comparatively young science. From its origins in the psychophysics laboratories of late 19th century Germany, it made great strides throughout the 20th century, and can now be considered one of the most rapidly growing of the sciences, as evidenced by the enormous growth at both undergraduate level and research level.This book takes a step back to consider just how we got to where we are in psychology. It brings together some of the leading and most influential figures from the past 50 years, covering neuropsychology, social psychology, experimental psychology, perception,

Contents:

Contents; Contributors; Introduction; 1 The ups and downs of cognitive psychology: attention and other 'executive functions'; 2 Psychology in the 1950's: a personal view; 3 Learning theory and the cognitive revolution, 1961-1971: a personal perspective; 4 Face recognition in our time; 5 Cognitive science now and then; 6 Ageing memory: ageing memories; 7 Psycholinguistics in our time; 8 Two brains-my life in science; 9 A perception of perception; 10 Social psychology in our time: from 'fun and games' to grown-up science; 11 Thirty years of object recognition; 12 Reasoning; 13 Weber's Law

14 Fifty years of neuropsychological memory research. The score: methods 5-theory 215 Mental chronometry: long past, bright future; 16 A life in grey areas: cognitive gerontology from 1957 to 2007; 17 From little slips to big disasters: an error quest; 18 Visual perception 1950-2000; 19 Human performance: from then to now; 20 The perception of time; 21 From effects to systems in neuropsychology; 22 Experimental psychopathology and psychological treatment; Index;

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786613894618

0-19-155179-1

1-283-58216-3

OCLC:

801363689