History of Psychology Main Currents in Psychological Thought, A - Hardcover

Leahey, Thomas Hardy

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9780135336052: History of Psychology Main Currents in Psychological Thought, A

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ISBN 10: 0135336058 ISBN 13: 9780135336052

Publisher: Prentice Hall College Div, 1996

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Offering a lively and critical look at psychology's past, this complete narrative history from the Ancient Greeks to the present explores psychology in its philosophical, religious, historical, and literary contexts.

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By way of a narrative history, this book critically explores the evolution of psychology from the Ancient Greeks to the present, in its philosophical, religious, historical, and literary contexts. The book introduces and develops three psychological and sociological themes. One is the idea that not only is psychology necessarily a social construction but that the mind itself is to some degree a social construction. The second them involves struggles over the existence and nature of consciousness. The third is the theme of psychology as an applied discipline. This book is appropriate for anyone who is interested in critically exploring the evolution of psychology from its origins to the present.

About the Author:

Thomas Hardy Leahey graduated in 1974 from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign with a PhD in Cognitive Psychology. Assistant professor to Professor of Psychology at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond Virginia, 1974-2009, now Professor Emeritus. Has been President of APA Divisions 24, Theoretical and Philosophical Psychology, and Division 26, History of Psychology. Also author of Learning and Cognition (with R. J. Harris) and Psychology’s Occult Doubles (with Grace Evans Leahey) as well as numerous scientific, historical, and philosophical articles and book reviews. He resides in Powhatan, VA with 2 cats, 3 robo-hamsters, and 1 gerbil.

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