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A History of Psychology
by Thomas Hardy Leahey
Product Group: Book
Publisher: Prentice Hall (1980-03)
ISBN: 013391755X
EAN: 9780133917550
Hardcover: 384 pages
SKU: S06721-DL5-0017
Condition: Like New
Comments: Like new book. Like new condition. Intials on 1st page. Ships same day or next in a bubble mailer. Enjoy.
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Product Description
"Author Thomas Hardy Leahey, former President of the APA Division of Theoretical and Philosophical Psychology, presents readers with the leading psychological concepts as they have evolved from the beginning of human history."--BOOK JACKET.
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In-depth externalist history
Rating  (4)
Date: 2003-09-17
6 out of 7 customers found this reveiw helpful
Thomas Leahey's History of Psychology has long been the preferred text for the graduate-level history of psychology course at the Graduate Faculty of Political and Social Science at the New School University in New York. The reasons are its intellectual depth and challenge (appropriate for graduate students) that exceeds other texts; its unsurpassed attentiveness to a wide range of historical scholarship; its emphasis on a strong externalist (contextual) analysis of the history of psychology (especially appropriate here at The New School); and its suitability for separating the serious scholars among the graduate students from those who are not that committed to the intellectual life. The course this book serves plays a strong role in determining which students will continue on in the Ph.D. program. As with any history book for this huge and diverse field scholars will be able to argue about an emphasis or interpretation or omission here and there. But there is no more intellectually spirited writing at the high-end of the currently in press history-of-psychology texts than is found in this book. Some students cave in under the challenge of the book. The truly bright, interested, and motivated students, however, really shine when they study it.
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get it--use it
Rating (4)
Date: 1999-07-17
10 out of 11 customers found this reveiw helpful
Leaheys book is by far my preference of the history of psych textbooks (I've also examined Brennan's and Kendler's books). I use the book for personal reading and to give a sense of history and develppment to other courses. His book is especially notable for considering a wide variety of psychological ideas, and its consideration of the interaction of cultures, societies, and psychology. the only reason I give it four stars is because it's not quite as exciting as a novel and I want to see certain sections expanded - (eg. the intellectual-cultural roots of founding psychologists in Germany and Vienna) - but the bibliographies are especially meaty for a textbook.
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