Book

Hayes, Nicky, author.

A little history of psychology / Nicky Hayes.

New Haven : Yale University Press, [2024]

©2024

viii, 280 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

"In this fascinating history, leading expert Nicky Hayes tells the story of psychology across the centuries and around the world. Hayes introduces key thinkers, including Carl Jung, Anna Freud, Frantz Fanon, and Daniel Kahneman. We see how they tried to expand our understanding, from Pavlov and his dogs to Milgram and his famous electric shock experiments to the CIA's secret mind-control projects. Hayes explores key concepts like child development, the inferiority complex, and PTSD and shows how psychological research has been used for both good and ill."--Book flap.

Psychology -- History.

Psychology -- History -- 20th century.

Social psychology -- Research.

Jungian psychology.

Informational works.

Includes index.

In the beginning -- Evolving science -- The legend of Phineas Gage -- Psychophysics and early psychology -- The unconscious mind -- Nativist beliefs -- The behaviourist challenge -- Psychology at work -- Testing times -- Understanding social life -- The Gestalt School -- Two post-Freudians -- Behaviourism takes hold -- The developing mind -- The missing link -- The humanist movement -- Psychology goes to war -- Explaining Nazism -- Conformity and acquiescence -- The return of the mind -- Emotion and stress -- Developing relationships -- Social learning -- Changing attitudes -- Psychology in the Cold War -- Challenging psychiatric orthodoxy -- Social psychology in Europe -- Global psychology -- Culture and self -- The growth of neuropsychology -- Enter the computer -- Understanding perception -- Control and agency -- The social child -- The nature/nurture debate continues -- From helplessness to optimism -- Making decisions -- Nodes, networks and neuroplasticity -- A methodological revolution.

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