Pathfinders in international psychology / edited by Grant J. Rich (Consulting Psychologist, Juneau, Alaska), Uwe P. Gielen (St. Francis College).

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Rich, Grant Jewell, editor.

Gielen, Uwe P. (Uwe Peter), 1940- editor.

Series:

International psychology (Charlotte, N.C.)

International psychology

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Psychologists--Biography.

Psychologists.

Psychologists--History.

Psychiatrists--Biography.

Psychiatrists.

Psychiatrists--History.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (283 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Charlotte, North Carolina : Information Age Publishing Inc., 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book provides a global overview of pioneers in international psychology with contributions from distinguished authors from representative nations around the world. Chapters offer biographical profiles describing the personal histories and professional contributions of leading figures in psychology from across the globe that represent the diversity of psychology. This volume can serve as a core or supplemental text for a broad range of courses in Psychology, International Studies, and Education, with particular interest to those teaching international psychology, cross-cultural psychology, and history of psychology.

Contents:

""Cover""; ""Series""; ""Pathfinders in International Psychology""; ""Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data""; ""Contents""; ""Foreword""; ""Preface""; ""CHAPTER 1: The Rise of Modern Psychology""; ""PART I: PSYCHOLOGICAL HEALING AND THE EMERGENCE OF PSYCHIATRY""; ""CHAPTER 2: The Curious Birth of Psychological Healing in the Western World (1775-1825)""; ""CHAPTER 3: Pierre Janet""; ""CHAPTER 4: Emil Kraepelin""; ""PART II: PSYCHOLOGY AS A GROWING INTERNATIONAL EUROPEAN SCIENCE""; ""CHAPTER 5: Maria Montessori""; ""CHAPTER 6: Lev S. Vygotsky""; ""CHAPTER 7: Alexander R. Luria""

""PART III: TWO AMERICAN AMBASSADORS OF INTERNATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY""""CHAPTER 8: Otto Klineberg""; ""CHAPTER 9: Charles D. Spielberger""; ""PART IV: THE WORLDWIDE EXPANSION OF PSYCHOLOGY""; ""CHAPTER 10: Mustapha Soueif""; ""CHAPTER 11: Rogelio Díaz-Guerrero""; ""CHAPTER 12: Durganand Sinha""; ""CHAPTER 13: Kuo-Shu Yang""; ""CHAPTER 14: Geert Hofstede""; ""PART V: OVERCOMING AFRICA'S COLONIAL HERITAGE AND RACISM""; ""CHAPTER 15: Frantz Fanon""; ""CHAPTER 16: Saths Cooper""; ""About the Editors""; ""About the Contributors""; ""Index""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Print version record.

ISBN:

1-68123-145-X

OCLC:

915941277