General introduction to psychology : a survey of the programs of psychology / Coleman R. Griffith.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Griffith, Coleman R. (Coleman Roberts), 1893-1966, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Psychology--Research.

Psychology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xix, 607 pages)

Edition:

Revised edition.

Other Title:

General introduction to psychology

Place of Publication:

New York, New York : Macmillan Company, 1928.

Summary:

The original aims of this book were (i) to give second semester students a broad perspective over that whole field of research which they have come, in their first semester, to know in terms of its fundamentals, and (ii) to give students who can devote only a single semester to psychology, a reasonable orientation in the field at large. Both of these aims of the original edition have found, so the author hopes, a further expression in this revision. Part One has been entirely rewritten. As a matter of fact, because of the complete change which has been introduced into this part, the book may now commend itself to maturer students as an introductory text in psychology which can be followed by the sterner texts on the fundamentals of psychology. Everywhere the attempt has been made to let the reader surprise the psychologist at his work so that he can see (in our verbal pictures) just what the student of mental life, in times past, has meant to do, and what he now means to do. Part Two has been greatly changed and modified in order to bring it in line with the programs suggested in Part One. The whole section has been brought up to date and amplified by many pages of new material. The rest of the book has undergone less revision; but everywhere, new material has been added and obscure passages clarified. It is hoped that the new material throughout the revision will add a few lines and high lights to what, at the very best, must remain a sketch. This book, like its predecessor, is in no sense of the word, a systematic formulation of the field of psychology. Its more modest ambition is to help students become acquainted with the science in the large and to understand its shifting successes and failures.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.