A History of Psychology: From Antiquity to Modernity: International Edition [Paperback] 7e by Leahey

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Paperback: 576 pages 
Publisher: Pearson; 7 edition (2 Jan. 2012) 
Language: English 
ISBN-10: 0132929503 
ISBN-13: 978-0132929509 
Product Dimensions: 17.8 x 1.9 x 23.2 cm 

 

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A History of Psychology: From Antiquity to Modernity begins tracking psychology from the development of folk psychology as the key adaptation of humans at the dawn of history. It then traces the Classical, medieval, and early modern periods to present day psychology. The text covers scientific, applied, and professional psychology.

Although theoretical and empirical arguments inside psychology about the nature of mind and behavior are not neglected, A History of Psychology shows how psychology’s development has been shaped by social, economic, and political forces external to it, and, in turn, how the mature psychology of the late 20th century has begun to shape the society in which it arose. The text carefully examines how issues in psychology reflect and affect concepts that lie outside the technical concerns of psychology as a science and profession.