Progress in modern psychology : the legacy of American functionalism

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Progress in modern psychology : the legacy of American functionalism

edited by D. Alfred Owens and Mark Wagner

Praeger, 1992

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [293]-317) and index

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内容説明

This volume consists of 15 chapters, each presenting a different segment of modern psychology. Topics range from biochemistry to the history of art, from epistemological arguments to the interplay of science and society; research methods include comparative, developmental, physiological, clinical, and statistical modeling. Each chapter also links current efforts to a shared history. Progress in these diverse activities is presented as the natural outgrowth of a common outlook on scientific psychology--a viewpoint known as Functionalism, first articulated around the turn of the century by William James, John Dewey, James Rowland Angell, Harvey Carr, and others. Part I takes a broad, historical perspective on the role of Functionalism in the development of scientific psychology. Essays here discuss the emergence of the Functionalist perspective; the importance of the Functionalists' appreciation of societal problems to the rapid progress and future contributions of psychology. Part II presents current research emphasizing biological aspects of psychological phenomena. It includes chapters on the evolutionary perspective that motivates comparative studies of behavior and cognition; clinical neuropsychology; how the coordinated development of psychophysiological and behavioral methods have provided insights in medicine and space travel; and research on the development of the nervous system. The next part focuses on phenomena of mental life by sampling current research on perception, cognition, and development: the Functionalist perspective in studies of cognitive development in children; changes in mental function that occur later in life and comprise a major challenge to research in cognitive gerontology; how one can best describe the structure of intelligence; and how the evolution of Western art reveals historic parallels between artistic expression and theories of perception. Part IV studies research on the interactions among people--the domain of social phenomena. Essays investigate the adaptive nature of social interactions; the social characteristics of giving and receiving; and how the behavioral effects of marijuana and patterns of usage vary by environment and social context.

目次

Preface Called to the Profession: A Tribute to Professor Paul Whitely by James J. Whalen The Functionalists' Perspective Introduction: Modern Psychology and the Early Functionalism by Mark Wagner and D. Alfred Owens The Role of the Functionalist School in the Growth of Psychology by Herschel W. Leibowitz Functionalism Then and Now by Stephen B. Wilcox Psychological Processes as Biological Phenomena Comparative Psychology: The Last Bastion of a Compleat Functionalism by Roger K. R. Thompson and Jack Demarest Functional Influences on Clinical Neuropsychology by Eugene R. Wist Functionalism and Psychophysiology by Robert M. Stern Biochemical Determinants of Functional Nervous Development by Joanne M. Bell The Psychology of Mental Life Functionalism and the Growth of Developmental Psychology by Roberta Ferrara Functionalist Themes in Research on Memory, Learning, and Cognition in Older Adults by Martin D. Murphy and Timothy L. Snyder A Functionalist View of Factor Analysis by John J. McArdle and Richard S. Lehman James Gibson, Psychologist, and Ernie Gehr, Filmmaker: A Case of Conceptual Parallelism Between Science and Art by Robert Becklen Psychology of Social Interactions Functionalism and Social Psychology by Melvin Manis and Janet Landman Research on Communal and Exchange Relartionships Viewed from a Functionalist Perspective by Margaret S. Clark The Influence of Environmental Context on the Behavioral Effects of Smoked Marijuana by Richard W. Foltin Epilogue and Retrospective Epilogue: Is All Psychology Functional Psychology? A New Name for an Old Idea? A Student of Harvey Carr Reflects by Paul L. Whitely Bibliography Index

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