Behavior and neurosis : An experimental psychoanalytic approach to psychobiologic principles / Jules Hymen Masserman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Masserman, Jules Hymen, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Behaviorism (Psychology).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xv, 269 pages)

Other Title:

Behavior and neurosis

Place of Publication:

Chicago, Ill : The University of Chicago Press, 1943.

Summary:

"It is my primary purpose in this volume to describe a series of experimental studies of animal behavior carried out during the last seven years in the neurophysiological laboratories of the Division of Psychiatry and the Otho S.A. Sprague Institute of the University of Chicago. This book is published in the belief, held in conformity with my work in neurology, psychiatry, and psychoanalysis, that the experimental studies here reported contribute materially to the understanding of human behavior--else, parenthetically, I would not consider them worth reporting. But, to convey the basis for this conviction to the reader, I am faced with the task not only of describing the experiments and their results in objective detail but of presenting the theoretical background of the work as a whole in relation to other traditional concepts of dynamic and comparative psychology; of reviewing the data and formulations of other investigators working along allied lines (a considerable undertaking in itself); and, finally, of indicating the applicability of the basic principles of psychobiology derived from these several sources to psychoanalysis, clinical psychiatry, and psychotherapy. Part I of this volume, therefore, deals with the historical derivation of the rationale of the work in our laboratory and presents our experimental results; Part II constitutes a survey of the relevant literature on dynamic psychology and experimental neuroses; and Part III is an introduction to the clinical applications of the data recorded in the preceding sections"--Preface. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2005 APA, all rights reserved).

Notes:

Description based on: online resource; title from PDF information screen (EBSCOhost, viewed June 03, 2023).

Includes bibliographical references and index.