Psychology : 50 ideas in 500 words / Jeremy Stangroom.

By:

Stangroom, Jeremy [Author]

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Great Britain : Modern Books. c2018.Description: 127 pages : color illustrations ; 20 cmISBN:

9781911130741

Subject(s):

PSYCHOLOGY

LOC classification:

BF 121 .S73 2018

Contents:

From Beginnings to Behavioural.--The Mind and the Person.--From Birth to Death.--The Social animal.--In Sickness and in Health.

Summary: Psychology: 50 in 500 sheds light on these and other crucial questions by examining the ideas and work of fifty of the world's greatest psychologists. From B.F. Skinner to Noam Chomsky, Sigmund Freud to Abraham Maslow, this beautifully concise, richly informative little book discusses the ideas and experiments that have defined the course of psychology as it has developed over the last 150 years. Beginning with psychology's iconic founders, Wundt and William James, and concluding with features on contemporary psychiatrists, Aaron Beck and Robin Murray, the guide is presented chronologically, giving readers a distinct sense of the development of psychology and a coherent overview of the field.

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Item type	Current library	Home library	Collection	Shelving location	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Books	NU BALIWAG	NU BALIWAG	Psychology	General Circulation	GC BF 121 .S73 2018 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	c.1	Available		NUBUL000003359

Includes index.

From Beginnings to Behavioural.--The Mind and the Person.--From Birth to Death.--The Social animal.--In Sickness and in Health.

Psychology: 50 in 500 sheds light on these and other crucial questions by examining the ideas and work of fifty of the world's greatest psychologists. From B.F. Skinner to Noam Chomsky, Sigmund Freud to Abraham Maslow, this beautifully concise, richly informative little book discusses the ideas and experiments that have defined the course of psychology as it has developed over the last 150 years. Beginning with psychology's iconic founders, Wundt and William James, and concluding with features on contemporary psychiatrists, Aaron Beck and Robin Murray, the guide is presented chronologically, giving readers a distinct sense of the development of psychology and a coherent overview of the field.

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