Psychology In The Making: Histories Of Selected Research Problems
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Book: Good
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Good
What does it truly mean to understand the mind — not just its present state, but the long and contentious road that brought us here? Psychology in the Making: Histories of Selected Research Problems, edited by Leo Postman of the University of California, is a landmark anthology that chronicles the intellectual evolution of psychological science through the lens of its most pivotal research questions. Bringing together contributions from an impressive roster of distinguished scholars — including Richard S. Crutchfield, William F. Duksy, Harrison G. Gough, Julian E. Hochberg, and David Krech, among others — the volume presents a rigorous and richly detailed account of how key problems in psychology were identified, debated, and ultimately shaped into the foundational principles we recognise today. Each chapter stands as a scholarly essay in its own right, tracing the historical arc of a specific research problem with precision and intellectual depth, revealing not just what psychologists discovered, but how and why they came to ask the questions in the first place. Published by the prestigious Alfred A. Knopf, this collection reflects the academic rigour and editorial authority of mid-20th-century American scholarship, making it an indispensable reference for students and historians of science alike. For anyone who believes that the story behind a discovery is just as important as the discovery itself, this volume poses a quietly provocative challenge: how much of what we call scientific truth is simply the victor's version of an ongoing argument?
Author: Leo Postman
Format: Hardback
Genre: Psychology
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Good
What does it truly mean to understand the mind — not just its present state, but the long and contentious road that brought us here? Psychology in the Making: Histories of Selected Research Problems, edited by Leo Postman of the University of California, is a landmark anthology that chronicles the intellectual evolution of psychological science through the lens of its most pivotal research questions. Bringing together contributions from an impressive roster of distinguished scholars — including Richard S. Crutchfield, William F. Duksy, Harrison G. Gough, Julian E. Hochberg, and David Krech, among others — the volume presents a rigorous and richly detailed account of how key problems in psychology were identified, debated, and ultimately shaped into the foundational principles we recognise today. Each chapter stands as a scholarly essay in its own right, tracing the historical arc of a specific research problem with precision and intellectual depth, revealing not just what psychologists discovered, but how and why they came to ask the questions in the first place. Published by the prestigious Alfred A. Knopf, this collection reflects the academic rigour and editorial authority of mid-20th-century American scholarship, making it an indispensable reference for students and historians of science alike. For anyone who believes that the story behind a discovery is just as important as the discovery itself, this volume poses a quietly provocative challenge: how much of what we call scientific truth is simply the victor's version of an ongoing argument?