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Thinking in Psychological Science - Ideas and Their Makers (Paperback)
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Thinking in Psychological Science - Ideas and Their Makers (Paperback)
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This book explores the development of ideas in psychology's past.
It is the initial volume in a series intended to shape such ideas
into a valuable resource for the discipline's future. Scientists,
in general, are known to ignore their own history, considering it
to be a graveyard of failures. In Thinking in Psychological
Science, selected ideas of key figures in the cognitive,
comparative, and developmental sides of psychology Karl Duncker,
Karl Biihler, Tamara Dembo, Zing-Young Kuo, C. Lloyd Morgan,
Alexander Chamberlain, and Arnold Gesell are traced, and the social
contexts of their ideas are given a collective analysis, focusing
on the potential of these ideas for the present state of
psychology. Representing the scientist as "hero" has become a
necessary component when applying for research monies from
governmentally controlled funding agencies. Yet the reality is just
the opposite: Science is not just the product of "heroes"; it is
the product of many individuals who often search for solutions to
basic problems throughout their lifetimes while only a few arrive
at breakthroughs. Still, familiarity with the flow of thought in
the efforts to solve the basic problems of humankind is necessary
for any understanding of creativity. This book analyzes the
processes involved in the search for solutions to major theoretical
problems of development (Kuo, Gesell), action and cognition
(Biihler, Bunker, Dembo), and methodology (Morgan). Ultimately,
this is an exciting volume that reveals real science in the making.
Thinking in Psychological Science will be of interest to students
of the social sciences and intellectual history. It is ideal for
graduate and upper-level undergraduate courses in psychology, the
sociology of science, and cognitive science.
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