A History of Modern Psychology: The Quest for a Science of the Mind is a highly current text that incorporates recent developments in research as well as findings that transform our understanding of the past. Author David C. Ludden, Jr. helps students understand how philosophers, researchers, and academics influenced one another, shaping the rich and diverse landscape of modern psychology in a global context.
David Ludden is professor of psychology at Georgia Gwinnett College near Atlanta. He earned his Ph.D. in Cognitive Psychology at the University of Iowa in 2002. Although a psycholinguist by training, he has also had a secondary interest in the history of psychology from early in his career. His first faculty position after graduation was at a small liberal arts college where he was responsible for teaching half of the psychology curriculum. This experience greatly expanded his appreciation for the enormous diversity of viewpoints within the field of psychology. In 2014, he moved to Georgia Gwinnett College, where his main teaching responsibility is the capstone History and Systems of Psychology course, which thus provided the impetus for writing this book. A History of Modern Psychology is his second book, and it was preceded by The Psychology of Language in 2016, also published by SAGE. David Ludden lives in the greater Atlanta area with his wife and intellectual companion of thirty years, Yawen Ludden, who is a musicologist. She fills his life with great music, wonderful food, and an inimitable joie de vivre.
Preface Acknowledgments About the Author Part I: Precursors to Modern Psychology Chapter 1: Philosophical Roots of Psychology Classical Period Medieval Period Modern Period: Continental Rationalism Modern Period: British Empiricism Looking Ahead Chapter Summary Discussion Questions On the Web Chapter 2: Nineteenth-Century Foundations Charles Darwin Francis Galton Psychophysics Early Experimental Psychology Looking Ahead Chapter Summary Discussion Questions On the Web Part II: Early Schools of Psychology Chapter 3: Structuralism Wilhelm Wundt Wundt's Students Edward Titchener Titchener's Students Looking Ahead Chapter Summary Discussion Questions On the Web Chapter 4: Functionalism Harvard School Clark School Chicago School Columbia School Looking Ahead Chapter Summary Discussion Questions On the Web Chapter 5: Behaviorism Methodological Behaviorism Neo-Behaviorism Radical Behaviorism Behaviorism in Transition Looking Ahead Chapter Summary Discussion Questions On the Web Chapter 6: Gestalt Psychology Forerunners of Gestalt Psychology Berlin School Kurt Lewin and His Students Fritz Heider Looking Ahead Chapter Summary Discussion Questions On the Web Chapter 7: Psychoanalysis Sigmund Freud First Generation Second Generation Anna Freud Looking Ahead Chapter Summary Discussion Questions On the Web Chapter 8: French Psychology Hysteria and Hypnosis Alfred Binet Jean Piaget Piaget's Students Looking Ahead Chapter Summary Discussion Questions On the Web Chapter 9: Soviet Psychology Ivan Pavlov From Pavlov to Vygotsky Lev Vygotsky Alexander Luria Looking Ahead Chapter Summary Discussion Questions On the Web Part III: Modern Disciplines of Psychology Chapter 10: Physiological and Comparative Psychology Brain and Behavior Brain and Mind Nature of Love Ethology: Konrad Lorenz and Nikolaas Tinbergen Looking Ahead Chapter Summary Discussion Questions On the Web Chapter 11: Cognitive Psychology Early Approaches Cognitive Revolution Ecological and Social Approaches Judgment and Decision Making Looking Ahead Chapter Summary Discussion Questions On the Web Chapter 12: Social Psychology Social Influence Social Cognition Social Perception Social Relations Looking Ahead Chapter Summary Discussion Questions On the Web Chapter 13: Developmental Psychology Attachment Social Learning Nature and Nurture Social Development Looking Ahead Chapter Summary Discussion Questions On the Web Chapter 14: Personality Psychology Trait Approach Dynamic Approach Factor Approach Social Cognitive Approach Looking Ahead Chapter Summary Discussion Questions On the Web Chapter 15: Humanistic Psychology Carl Rogers Abraham Maslow Human Development Positive Psychology Looking Ahead Chapter Summary Discussion Questions On the Web Chapter 16: Neuroscience Behavioral Neuroscience Cognitive Neuroscience Affective Neuroscience Neuroscience: The Future or the End of Psychology? Looking Ahead Chapter Summary Discussion Questions On the Web Concept Glossary Person Glossary References Author Index Subject Index Chapter Summary Discussion Questions On the Web Concept Glossary Person Glossary References Author Index Subject Index
