This book presents biographical portraits of 22 of psychology's pioneers, portraits of them as men and women as well as scientists. All of these portraits, many of them offered by a descendant, colleague, or student of the pioneer, are informal. Most of them are lighthearted, even humorous, in their approach. A few are intimate and personal. Several authors impersonate their pioneers and present the stories of their lives and work in the pioneer's own words. Typically the authors view the scientific achievements of the pioneers in the context of their times. Collectively they describe psychology's search for direction and significance in the dawning of a new discipline.
Preface
Portraits of the Authors and Editors
- A Trans-Time Visit with Francis Galton
—G. E. McClearn - William James: Spoiled Child of American Psychology
—Barbara Ross - The Spirit of Ivan Petrovich Pavlov
—Gregory A. Kimble - Freud: 3 Contributions
—Ernst G. Beier - From "Paired Associates" to a Psychology of Self: The Intellectual Odyssey of Mary Whiton Calkins
—Laurel Furumoto - The Intrepid Joseph Jastrow
—Arthur L. Blumenthal - E. B. Titchener on Scientific Psychology and Technology
—Rand B. Evans - Continuity for Women: Ethel Puffer's Struggle
—Elizabeth Scarborough - Harvey Carr and Chicago Functionalism: A Simulated Interview
—Ernest R. Hilgard - Edward L. Thorndike: A Professional and Personal Appreciation
—Robert L. Thorndike - C. G. Jung: The Man and His Work, Then and Now
—Irving E. Alexander - Perspectives on John B. Watson
—Charles L. Brewer - Max Wertheimer: Modern Cognitive Psychology and the Gestalt Problem
—Michael Wertheimer - Psychology from the Standpoint of a Mechanist: An Appreciation of Clark L. Hull
—Gregory A. Kimble - Edward Chace Tolman: A Life of Scientific and Social Purpose
—Henry Gleitman - Leta Stetter Hollingworth: "Literature of Opinion" and the Study of Individual Differences
—Stephanie A. Shields - Natural Wholes: Wolfgang Köhler and Gestalt Theory
—Robert Sherrill, Jr. - General Anthroponomy and Its Systematic Problems: A Tribute to Walter S. Hunter
—Charles N. Cofer - Systems as Reconceptualizations: The Work of Edna Heidbreder
—Mary Henle - Integrations of Lashley
—Darryl Bruce - Harry Stack Sullivan: The Clinician and the Man
—Kenneth L. Chatelaine - Robert Choate Tryon: Pioneer in Differential Psychology
—Kurt Schlesinger
Index
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