The Life Cycle of Psychological Ideas [electronic resource] :Understanding Prominence and the Dynamics of Intellectual Change / edited by Thomas C. Dalton, Rand B. Evans.
by Dalton, Thomas C [editor.]; Evans, Rand B [editor.]; SpringerLink (Online service).
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BookSeries: Path in Psychology: Publisher: Boston, MA : Springer US : 2005.Description: XVI, 364 p. online resource.ISBN: 9780306480102.Subject(s): Philosophy (General) | Philosophy of mind | Science -- Philosophy | Social sciences -- Philosophy | Psychology -- History | Psychology | History of Psychology | Philosophy of Mind | Philosophy of Science | Philosophy of the Social SciencesDDC classification: 150.9 Online resources: Click here to access online | Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Reconstructing Psychology’s Founding and Growth -- New Growth from Phantom Limbs -- Lost Classics and Forgotten Contributors -- Reinventing the Past through Reinterpretation -- High-Impact Research Programs in Psychology -- Tracking Trends in Psychological Science -- Comparative Psychology -- Becoming Big Frogs in a Small Pond -- The Psychology of Homo Sapiens: Changing Comparative Perspectives -- Cognitive Science and Consciousness -- How Otto Selz Became a Forerunner of the Cognitive Revolution -- Consciousness Regained -- Pragmatism, Individual and Social Development -- Myrtle McGraw, the Maturation Debate and Aftermath -- The Contemporary Reconstruction of Developmental Psychology -- Career Pathways and Professional Impact -- Beaking the Silence: Helen Bradford Thompson Woolley -- The Dynamics of Scientific and Cultural Change -- Prominence, Schools of Thought and Social Transformation.
This book focuses on what other volumes have only touched on, that is the factors that contribute to the rise of certain persons and ideas in the field of psychology. Bringing together noted experts in the field, it describes the process of intellectual reconstructions that determines how we view historical events, and why some ideas die only to be reborn again, as well as why new ideas can quickly topple traditional views. As such, it answers the following questions: what enables a body of work to withstand distortion, labelling, and stereotyping? Why do new revelations in the historical archive renew interest in "re-examining" particular ideas? Through what process does a theory become a school of thought, or a movement attracting adherents?
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