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This book presents in a dramatically different form the major issues of psychology. Fictionalized conversations between twelve of the most important psychologists and their colleagues, friends, and students convey the thinking behind their ideas in a original and lively manner. Accompanying the fascinating interchanges are overviews of the life and times of the psychologists and an outline of their main theories. The psychologists included are: Wilhelm Wundt, William James, Sigmund Freud, Alfred Adler, Carl Gustav Jung, Ludwig Binswanger, John B. Watson, B. F. Skinner, Albert Bandura, Kurt Lewin, and Jean Piaget.
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About the Author:
John H. Kunkel was Professor of Social Psychology at the University of Western Ontario until his retirement. He continues to teach now at the Arizona State University. To contact the author: jkunkel@asu.edu
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Psychology as we know it is a product of the work and thought of those who are identified as psychologists, with contributions from its close relatives in the other social sciences and psychiatry. Surely one way to cut through the breadth of topics studied and the numerous theories offered is to become acquainted with the lives, interests, and accomplishments of some exemplary psychologists.
John Kunkel ...has chosen a unique method to provide this acquaintance with twelve significant psychologists by offering "encounters" with each of them. While such a small number cannot cover everything, he has included a broad enough spectrum to produce a feel in the reader for what psychology has become over its first century of claim to be a science.... The "encounters" come off very well indeed. "Encounters with Great Psychologists" is to be recommended to those who are overwhelmed by the detailed substance of introductory psychology texts which emphasize the nitty-gritty of psychological research, its varied topics, its apparatus, procedures, and statistical methods of assuring the reliability and validity of its data. Such features are not to be despised as part of becoming acquainted with psychology as a science, but it is a pleasure to have this supplementary approach, which keeps the larger issues of human nature in the forefront.
Many teachers of psychology may wish to assign this book in addition to a standard test. "Encounters with Great Psychologists" will also be attractive to a general audience of those who are not students of psychology, or are no longer in college, but who share a curiosity about what has been happening in psychology. -- From the Foreword by Ernest R. Hilgard, Stanford University
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- PublisherWall & Emerson, Inc.
- Publication date1989
- ISBN 10 0921332149
- ISBN 13 9780921332145
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages304
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