Naming the Mind: How Psychology Found Its LanguageSAGE, 30 jan 1997 - 224 pagina's Intelligence, motivation, personality, learning, stimulation, behaviour and attitude are just some of the categories that map the terrain of `psychological reality′. These are the concepts which, among others, underpin theoretical and empirical work in modern psychology - and yet these concepts have only recently taken on their contemporary meanings. This fascinating work is a persuasive explanation of how modern psychology found its language. Kurt Danziger develops an account that goes beyond the taken-for-granted quality of psychological discourse to offer a profound and broad-ranging analysis of the recent evolution of the concepts and categories on which it depends. Danziger explores this process and shows how its consequences depend on cultural contexts and the history of an emergent discipline. |
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Chapter 2 The Ancients | 21 |
Chapter 3 The Great Transformation | 36 |
Chapter 4 The Physiological Background | 51 |
Chapter 5 Putting Intelligence on the Map | 66 |
Chapter 6 Behaviour and Learning | 85 |
Chapter 7 Motivation and Personality | 110 |
Chapter 8 Attitudes | 134 |
The Technological Framework | 158 |
Chapter 10 The Nature of Psychological Kinds | 181 |
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action activity Allport American Psychology Aristotle attributes basis became become behaviourist biological category of behaviour causal Chapter Charles Spearman cognitive comparative psychology consciousness construction context cultural Danziger defined definition depended Descartes discipline of Psychology discussed distinction domain effects emotion empirical empiricist energy entity example existence experience experimental field figure find first framework fundamental Gordon Allport historical human conduct identified ideology individual influence intellect intelligence testing investigation involved judgement language of variables learning literature matter meaning mental metalanguage mind moral motivation natural kinds nineteenth century notion objects one’s organism passions personality personality psychology phenomena philosophical physical physiological practice principles problems psycho psychological categories psychological statistics question rational reason reference reflection reflex relevant role scientific sense significant simply social attitudes social psychology soul specific statistical stimulus stimulus-response texts theoretical theory topic tradition twentieth twentieth-century usage Woodworth