Naming the mind : how psychology found its language

Author(s)

• Danziger, Kurt

Bibliographic Information

Naming the mind : how psychology found its language

Kurt Danziger

SAGE, 1997

• : pbk.

Note

Includes bibliographical references (p. [195]-211) and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Intelligence, motivation, personality, learning, stimulation, behaviour and attitude are just some of the categories that map the terrain of `psychological reality'. These are the concepts which, among others, underpin theoretical and empirical work in modern psychology - and yet these concepts have only recently taken on their contemporary meanings. This fascinating work is a persuasive explanation of how modern psychology found its language. Kurt Danziger develops an account that goes beyond the taken-for-granted quality of psychological discourse to offer a profound and broad-ranging analysis of the recent evolution of the concepts and categories on which it depends. Danziger explores this process and shows how its consequences depend on cultural contexts and the history of an emergent discipline.

Table of Contents

Naming the Mind The Ancients The Great Transformation The Physiological Background Putting Intelligence on the Map Behaviour and Learning Motivation and Personality Attitudes Metalanguage The Technological Framework The Nature of Psychological Kinds

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Details

• NCID: BA29744626
• ISBN:
  • 080397762X
  • 0803977638
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: London ; Thousand Oaks ; New Delhi
• Pages/Volumes: vi, 214 p.
• Size: 24 cm
• Classification:
  • DC20 : 150.19
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Psychology
  • LCSH : Categorization (Psychology)