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The Story of Psychology (Paperback)

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Socrates, Plato, Descartes, Spinoza, Mesmer, William James, Pavlov, Freud, Piaget, Erikson, and Skinner. Each of these thinkers recognized that human beings could examine, comprehend, and eventually guide or influence their own thought processes, emotions, and resulting behavior. The lives and accomplishments of these pillars of psychology, expertly assembled by Morton Hunt, are set against the times in which the subjects lived. Hunt skillfully presents dramatic and lucid accounts of the techniques and validity of centuries of psychological research, and of the methods and effectiveness of major forms of psychotherapy.

 

Fully revised, and incorporating the dramatic developments of the last fifteen years, The Story of Psychology is a graceful and absorbing chronicle of one of the great human inquiries—the search for the true causes of our behavior.

About the Author


Morton Hunt is an award winning science writer who has writen for The New Yorker, The New York Times Magazine, and Harper's among many other publications. He is the author of The Natural History of Love, and The Universe Within. He lives in Gladwyne, PA.

Praise For…


“A magnificent traversal of an infinitely fascinating landscape by one of the great science writers of our time.”—Chicago Tribune“The definitive guide to those wishing to grasp man’s search to understand the mind.”—The Chattanooga News-Free Press“Masterful. . . . A story of psychology that is deep, wide, and, by turns, flowing, curious, familiar, surprising, intriguing.”—Contemporary Psychology“A tour de force of popular exposition.”—Publishers Weekly

Product Details
ISBN: 9780307278074
ISBN-10: 0307278077
Publisher: Anchor
Publication Date: December 18th, 2007
Pages: 896
Language: English