| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 162 pages) : illustrations |
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Francis Galton (1822-1911) / Derek W. Forrest -- William James (1842-1910) / Jerome L. Singer -- Sigmund Freud (1856-1939) / Anthony Storr -- Konrad Lorenz (1903-89) and Nikolaas Tinbergen (1907-88) / Robert A. Hinde -- B.F. Skinner (1904-90) / Derek E, Blackman -- Jean Piaget (1896-1980) / Peter E. Bryant |
| Summary |
In this exciting new volume, six of the world's leading scholars write about the contribution made to our understanding of human behaviour and the human mind by seven great figures of the last 100 years: Lorenz and Tinbergen, Skinner, Piaget, Freud, James and Galton. Their seminal work on ethology, behaviourism, child development, psychoanalysis, perception and heredity provide the basis for much of today's psychological thinking and research. An account of the thought of each key figure is given together with a brief biography. Each contribution is written so that is can be understood by anyo |
| Analysis |
Psychology History |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Behavioral scientists -- Biography
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Psychology -- History
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Psychology.
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Psychology
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Behavioral Sciences
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psychology.
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behavioral sciences.
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PSYCHOLOGY -- History.
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Social Scientists & Psychologists.
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Behavioral scientists
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Psychology
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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collective biographies.
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Biographies
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History
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Biographies.
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Biographies.
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Fuller, Ray, 1943-
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| LC no. |
94009124 |
| ISBN |
0203978218 |
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9780203978214 |
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9786610114290 |
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6610114293 |
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9780415099790 |
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041509979X |
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9780415099806 |
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0415099803 |
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