Thinking and Reasoning (Psychology Revivals)

Thinking and Reasoning (Psychology Revivals)
Author: Jonathan Evans
Publisher: Psychology Press
Total Pages: 261
Release: 2013-12-19
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 1317820398

The subject of thinking is the oldest in the whole science of psychology, going back to well before the separation of the disciplines of philosophy and psychology. Originally published in 1983, this collection of up-to-date critical essays about thinking – with particular emphasis on reasoning – is written from the perspective of psychologists who are themselves actively engaged in research into the nature of human thought. The editor’s introduction identifies the major issues which have traditionally concerned students of human thought, and provides an historical background. It describes how at first the subject was studied by introspection, and how this method fell into disrepute at the end of last century. A satisfactory alternative has not yet emerged, although much recent work is based on the information-processing model, which sees the brain as a sophisticated computer. Consequently the papers presented in this volume deal with a wide range of issues, and a number of different experimental tasks and paradigms. They cover most current approaches to the theory and methodology of cognitive psychology, including problem solving, the relationship between language and thought, and reasoning.

Thinking and Reasoning (Psychology Revivals)

Thinking and Reasoning (Psychology Revivals)
Author: Jonathan St. B. T. Evans
Publisher: Psychology Press
Total Pages: 267
Release: 2013-12-19
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 1317820401

The subject of thinking is the oldest in the whole science of psychology, going back to well before the separation of the disciplines of philosophy and psychology. Originally published in 1983, this collection of up-to-date critical essays about thinking – with particular emphasis on reasoning – is written from the perspective of psychologists who are themselves actively engaged in research into the nature of human thought. The editor’s introduction identifies the major issues which have traditionally concerned students of human thought, and provides an historical background. It describes how at first the subject was studied by introspection, and how this method fell into disrepute at the end of last century. A satisfactory alternative has not yet emerged, although much recent work is based on the information-processing model, which sees the brain as a sophisticated computer. Consequently the papers presented in this volume deal with a wide range of issues, and a number of different experimental tasks and paradigms. They cover most current approaches to the theory and methodology of cognitive psychology, including problem solving, the relationship between language and thought, and reasoning.

A Century of Psychology (Psychology Revivals)

A Century of Psychology (Psychology Revivals)
Author: Ray Fuller
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 354
Release: 2013-10-31
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 1134091915

Psychology has influence in almost every walk of life. Originally published in 1997, A Century of Psychology is a review of where the discipline came from, where it had reached and where the editors anticipated it may go. Ray Fuller, Patricia Noonan Walsh and Patrick McGinley assembled an internationally recognised team of mainly European experts from the major applications and research areas of psychology. They begin with a critical review of methodology and its limitations and plot the course of gender and developmental psychology. They go on to include discussion of learning, intellectual disability, clinical psychology and the emergence of psychotherapy, educational psychology, organizational psychology, cognitive psychology, neuropsychology and many other topics, in particular community psychology, perception and alternative medicine. Enlightening, reflective and sometimes provocative, A Century of Psychology is required reading for anyone involved in psychology as a practitioner, researcher or teacher. It is also a lively introduction for those new to the discipline.

Experiments in Personality: Volume 2

Experiments in Personality: Volume 2
Author: H. J. Eysenck
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 354
Release: 2013-10-31
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 1135014132

Originally published in 1960, the two volumes of Experiments in Personality report a number of experiments in psychogenetics, psychopharmacology, psychodiagnostics, psychometrics and psychodynamics, all of which formed part of the programme of research which had been developing from the late 1940s at the Maudsley Hospital. Presenting the studies together in a book, rather than the more usual route of journal articles, was itself felt to be an experiment at the time, especially given the wide area covered. The decision was deliberate because all the studies reported formed part of a larger whole, which would have been lost if published separately. Volume II looks at psychodiagnostics, psychodynamics and psychometrics.

Revival: The Psychology of Reasoning (1923)

Revival: The Psychology of Reasoning (1923)
Author: Eugenio Rignano
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 404
Release: 2018-05-08
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 1351339974

This Book owes its origin to the indefinable sense of uneasiness and discontent into which I was thrown by the perusal of some of the best treatises on Logic. These treatises had failed to explain the nature of the logical or reasoning faculty, though purporting to indicate the laws which govern its proper functioning. Even the work of John Stuart Mill, which still remains in my opinion the best, was no more convincing than the rest. And the more I read of such books the less satisfied I became and the stonger became my desire to understand clearly what constituted reasoning. As for the psychologists I found to my surprise that they either omitted reasoning altogether, or alluded to it in a most superficial manner.

Thinking and Reasoning

Thinking and Reasoning
Author: Jonathan St. B. T. Evans
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 256
Release: 1983-01-01
Genre: Pensée
ISBN: 9780710094605

Mental Life (Psychology Revivals)

Mental Life (Psychology Revivals)
Author: Beatrice Edgell
Publisher: Psychology Press
Total Pages: 228
Release: 2014-04-08
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 1317754905

Originally published in 1926, the aim of this textbook was the ‘interpretation of human behaviour and conduct’. Beatrice Edgell is an important figure in the history of psychology. She was the first British woman to receive a PhD in psychology, the first female psychology professor in Britain and the first woman president of the British Psychological Society (1930-1931), of which she had been a founding member in 1901. As the Head of Psychology at Bedford College, she established one of the first psychological laboratories in the UK. She also taught a number of women who went on to become prominent in the field. One of her many publications this book was thought to be ‘suitable for students training for social work or for the general reader interested in educational and social questions’.

Psychology (Psychology Revivals)

Psychology (Psychology Revivals)
Author: Robert S. Woodworth
Publisher: Psychology Press
Total Pages: 695
Release: 2014-06-27
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 1317661451

First published in 1922, this popular title by R. S Woodworth was revised several times. This twentieth edition from 1949 brought D.G. Marquis on board and was thoroughly revised again, originally published in its current form in 1963. One of the most famous and successful introductions to psychology ever published, this book was very popular in universities and training colleges at the time. Now available again after many years it can be read and enjoyed in its historical context.

The Psychology of Infancy (Psychology Revivals)

The Psychology of Infancy (Psychology Revivals)
Author: Victoria Hazlitt
Publisher: Psychology Press
Total Pages: 124
Release: 2013-11-26
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 113508162X

Originally published in 1933, this volume was the result of many years’ careful first-hand study of child psychology enriched by the author’s unusually wide experience in dealing with the subject with students. It was intended to follow the development of children from infancy to adolescence, but was cut short due to the author’s untimely death. The book makes available the results of modern experimental work of the time, much of which was published in scattered journals. Chapters deal with the development of sensory and muscular control, including walking and talking, and with the development of the intellectual, emotional and social life of children up to three years of age. A pioneer in the development of experimental psychology Hazlitt’s work can now be enjoyed again in its historical context.