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Autore: | Demorest Amy |
Titolo: | Psychology's grand theorists [[electronic resource] ] : how personal experiences shaped professional ideas / / Amy Demorest |
Pubblicazione: | Mahwah, N.J., : Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2004 |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (201 p.) |
Disciplina: | 150.19 |
Soggetto topico: | Psychologists |
Psychologists - Psychology | |
Psychology - History | |
Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Nota di contenuto: | Contents; Preface; 1. Introduction; 2. The Psychodynamic Approach: Sigmund Freud; 3. The Behavioral Approach: B. F. Skinner; 4. The Phenomenological Approach: Carl Rogers; 5. Conclusion; Author Index; Subject Index |
Sommario/riassunto: | Psychology's Grand Theorists argues that the three schools in psychology that have been dominant historically--the psychodynamic, behavioral, and phenomenological--have resulted in large part from the personal experiences of their originators. Sigmund Freud, B.F. Skinner, and Carl Rogers each believed that he had discovered the truth about human nature, yet their truths are entirely different. This book explores how the lives of these men influenced the divergent theories they developed, through a close examination of letters, diaries, biographies, autobiographies, and professional writ |
Titolo autorizzato: | Psychology's grand theorists |
ISBN: | 1-282-32155-2 |
9786612321559 | |
1-4106-1106-X | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910450203903321 |
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