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a mess
For being the official source on APA this book is appallingly bad. It is extremely hard to use, is incomplete, and seems to have even less information than is freely available on the net. Save yourself some time and skip buying this.

The Plot was pretty slow moving
I don't know... i just think the plotting of this novel was just pretty slow and not really exciting at all.The villains were just cardboard characters, the hero was kinda blah, and it just didn't build to an exciting resolution.So I can only give it two stars for effort...

Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, Fifth Edition
Very easy to find guidlelines for references and how to use them make this 5th edition a must for students and their tutors who are engaged in publishing research.
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Subjects:  1. Authorship    2. Composition & Creative Writing - Academic    3. Handbooks, manuals, etc    4. History    5. Psychological literature    6. Psychology    7. Publishing    8. Reference    9. Social sciences    10. USA    11. Writing & editing guides   

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Nice Overview of Psychology's Past, Present, and Future
This book was used for one of my classes this past fall. It is very readable, and all of the names that you learn in psych classes actually become people, characters in the development of this ever-broadening field. I thought it was a great start to get psychology students more interested in the people who came before them.

History source of psychology
We are using this book in our class. I do think it is a great book compared to others I have read. I like that they filter through and supply just facts. If you need to know how psychology came about and who attributed to it, this is an excellent source to read. I can say there are times its hard for me to put down the book, then other areas seem to be hard to grasp. Over all the book is a great reference and started book in the history of psychology

Adequate, yet not overbearing summation of modern psychology
Schultz and Schultz offer a wonderful summation of the history of psychology.Many history of psychology texts are large and burdensome, but Schultz and Schultz sift out the waste and offer the facts.Interestinganecdotes about psychology's pioneers are offered, and the social climatesurrounding the perspectives of each school of thought is also mentioned. All in all, this is a great book to have in the collection for the averagehistorian of psychology.The authors, unfortunately, do present theinformation in a rather bland display.More color and layout effect wouldbe useful and appealing.Furthermore, the chapter on the impact of womenand minorities in psychology should not just be thrown on the end of thebook ... it should be integrated throughout.Other than those twodrawbacks, however, the book is wonderfully done. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. History    2. Psychology    3. Textbooks    4. Psychology & Psychiatry / Social Psychology   

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Forty Studies
Excellent compendium of 40 studies that influenced the field of psychology.It is very readable, and very useful in the classroom, as well as reference for student use.

Indispensable
We have 2 copies of 40 studies about the house.When reading any introductory psychology book, I find it more fun to look up the original research than to read the summary(sometimes incorrect summary) as written by the author of the introductory psychology textbook.Cindy Marriott

An essential for understanding psychology
I needed this product for my Psychology class. It's a great book, explains how theories were founded through experiments. A pleasure to have purchased! ... Read more

Subjects:  1. 20th century    2. Experiments    3. History    4. Psychological Research    5. Psychology    6. Research & Methodology    7. Textbooks    8. Psychology & Psychiatry / General   

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In-depth externalist history
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.

get it--use it
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 othercourses.His book is especially notable for considering a wide variety ofpsychological ideas, and its consideration of the interaction of cultures,societies, and psychology.the only reason I give it four stars is becauseit's not quite as exciting as a novel and I want to see certain sectionsexpanded - (eg. the intellectual-cultural roots of founding psychologistsin Germany and Vienna) - but the bibliographies are especially meaty for atextbook. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. General    2. History    3. History Of Psychology    4. Psychological Movements    5. Psychology    6. Psychology & Psychiatry / General   

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good, for a text book
I am finding more and more that text books give the worst account of history.This book proved that point.For an overview of the history of psychology, the book was okay.However, I found many times that the theories of the psychologists were so watered down, one can hardly get a good idea of their original studies and propositions.I know it is difficult to read each and every work of each and every psychologist, but this text book is a waste of time for anyone who really wants to understand how ideas developed.In addition, I get really annoyed when writers do not quote the original author.Most of the quotes in this book were taken from other text books or biographers.

Verbose
The book, from a historical view point, is concise.However, it is inundated with extraneous information and overstated detail, leaving one yawn-inspired.I am a psyche major and even my professor agreed that this text was rather verbose.It was his first semester instructing a hx of psyche course and he claims he will not be incorporating this text into future sessions.

All YouWant To Know About The Development of Psychology
The first time I read this book I was so delighted. I had borrowed it from the Public Library to help me with writing a paper. Never did I think I would find everything I needed to know about why and how psychology was developed,and the men that advanced science into the various systems/theories of psychology!Read more

Subjects:  1. History    2. Psychology    3. History of ideas, intellectual history    4. Psychiatry    5. Psychology & Psychiatry / Social Psychology   

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good job.
exactly what i expected. delivery was on time and the condition of the book was accurately described in the original order, so no surprises or missing pages.

Satisfied Customer
Product was what they said it was and speedy service.Very satisfied with my purchase. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Anthropology - Cultural    2. Ethnopsychology    3. History    4. Intercultural communication    5. Personality and culture    6. Psychology    7. Social Psychology    8. Psychology & Psychiatry / General    9. Social, group or collective psychology   

Subjects:  1. Clinical Psychology    2. Existential psychology    3. Existential psychotherapy    4. History    5. Personality    6. Philosophy Of Psychology    7. Psychology    8. Psychotherapy - Counseling    9. Phenomenology & Existentialism    10. Philosophy & theory of psychology    11. Psychology & Psychiatry / History    12. Psychotherapy   

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Goodwin isstyle is refreshing, informative and intresting.
Professor of Stats used Goodwin.I thouroughly enjoyed his writing style.Those who study psychology will hear of the notable psychologist, Boring,well Goodwin makes reading and studing psychology anything butboring.His writing style is refreshing, uncluttered, direct, informativeand intresting.I have read just the first chapters in Goodwin's historybook. It too is just as readable as the stats book.I am looking forwardto finishing this book.It is written so a person not studing psychologyin school could read and understand it. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. 19th century    2. 20th century    3. History    4. Psychology    5. Psychology (General)    6. Psychology & Psychiatry / History   

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Massively researched, lucidly written, and cogently argued
In this massively researched, lucidly written, and cogently argued narrative, as Edward Alexander of the University of Washington wrote, Levin tells the appalling story of what has been called the greatest self-inflicted wound of political history: Israel's embrace of Yasir Arafat and the Palestine Liberation Organization in the Oslo accords of September 1993 and its dogged adherence to its obligations under them even as its "peace partner" was blatantly flouting its own.
Overdue Historical Review of the Folly of Appeasement
This is a seminal book, that should be must reading for anyone interested in the Israel-Arab conflict. The author is a psychiatrist with a Ph.D in History from Princeton.It is a very thoroughly researched, carefully documented review of the long history of Jewish wishful thinking responses to oppression and aggression directed against them, starting long ago in Europe and brought up to date in the Middle East.The lessons for the current situation in the Middle East are clearly drawn, and demand thoughful consideration by the reader.
A Must Read for Anyone With An Open Mind
This is, by far, the best written analysis of the apparently mindless descent into potential oblivion that Israel appears headed to. It begins by setting the stage of Jewish self-hatred and self-effacement as a reaction to anti-semitism, as it developed in the Diaspora during this last millenium.Specifically, there is a detailed analysis of this phenomenon in the "civilized" world of 19th and 20th century Germany, as contrasted with the more "primitive" Eastern European Jewish experience.The author shows how the constant self delusion of the Jews - in its myriad of forms and expressions - is the basis for the present day erosion from within that the Jewish State is undergoing.I believe that this book should be mandatory reading in any Middle Eastern course, or for that matter, for anyone seeking to understand this unique group psychological phenomenon.As a proud Jew and a Zionist, I wish that this book would be sent - gratis - to journalists, academics, politicians, and to other people who collectively can influence the course of history. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. 1993-    2. Arab-Israeli conflict    3. History    4. History: World    5. Israel    6. Jewish Studies    7. Jews    8. Judaism    9. Middle East - Israel    10. Peace    11. Psychological aspects    12. Psychology   

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It's a textbook...what can I say?
It was nice to find this textbook online at Amazon for a better price than in the campus bookstore.

An excellent tool for everything but modern psych history
I used this text last semester in our department's History and Systems of Psychology course.I found it to be a terrific text for introducing the early roots of psychology to the college student. However, it may may not be appropriate for every psych history class for sevel reasons.
A Thorough Evaluation of the History of Psychology
As a student at the University of Colorado at Boulder, I had the priviledge to take classes taught by the authors of the text.Dr. Viney taught History of Psychology, while Dr. King taught Abnormal Psychology.This text was required reading for History of Psychology.At first, I thought, "oh great, he literally WROTE THE BOOK!"The text is thorough and easy to read.Drs. Viney and King lay out the subjects clearly.The subject matter is made "easy to swallow", as the History of Psychology isn't the most exciting subject in the matter of psychology. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. General    2. History    3. Philosophy    4. Psychology    5. History of specific subjects    6. Psychology & Psychiatry / General   

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Guthrie Review, Ryan Stettenbenz
Guthrie Synopsis
Enlightening...
Even the Rat was White is educationally entertaining. It brings to light some of the historical and ridiculous lengths that even psychologist have gone to in an attempt to scientifically support racism. Guthrie points out how men of science are no less susceptible to the spirit of the times than their layman counter parts. The book goes to great length to describe the methods, experiments and altering of data used to support the then contemporary idea of white supremacy.

Racially Based or Just the Facts?
One of the main discussions that I have noticed while glancing through the previous synopsizes on Even the Rat was White was that people tend to get the wrong idea while investing their time into this book. What I got out of the book, Even the Rat was White, was that Guthrie meant for it to be an informative book on the biases that existed among the psychologists from early on until the 20th century.Guthrie explains the procedures and the tests, mainly the IQ tests, which were used to find the intelligence of people, and how those tests helped pinpoint "logical," in the minds of the ones administering the tests, why the tests differed between the races.Guthrie never makes a claim that would suggest that his intentions of this book were anything but scientific.His information is base on facts and he has evidence to back up the fact that psychologist did somewhat racially profile people while constructing tests or giving credit to people for their studies and research. I believe that Guthrie is merely trying to point out the mistakes of the past so we, in the psychological field, are not doomed to repeat them.Some psychologists, such as Robert Bean, were too wrapped up in their own opinions and beliefs that the made their studies and findings agree with those bias beliefs.But, as I said only some of the psychologist altered tests while others tried to correct the "mistakes" or the intentional tweaking, Horace Mann Bond v. Robert Bean, so that psychology could grow into a respectable science in America.
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Subjects:  1. African American psychologists    2. Anthropometry    3. Ethnopsychology    4. General    5. History    6. History Of Psychology    7. Psychology    8. Philosophy & psychology    9. Psychology & Psychiatry / General   

Reviews (67)

New Psychology Student
I was required to buy this book for a entry-level college psychology class.So far I have read about 5 chapters (experiments).Each experiment is broken down into it's own chapter, with a total of around a dozen chapters.I've enjoyed the book so far and would recommend it.

Skinner's box...or Pandora's box?
Focusing on the ten most controversial psychological experiments of the 20th century, Lauren Slater takes us on a thrill ride to litterally the cutting edges of psychological theory.
Ask and you shall receive
As someone who studies psychology, I enjoy watching people.A few weeks ago I was telling my boyfriend (who just took his first psychology class) about some of the rumors surrounding the famous psychologists of our day: this famous relationships researcher has fidelity problems, this obedience researcher is overly narcissistic, etc.Even if the stories are not true, they give the famous psychologist we put on a pedestal a face (or a cup of coffee to spill on himself or herself) in my mind.I told him I wished someone could write some sort of expose to see if the rumors are true.I conceded that most likely a book like that would have to be written posthumously though; who wants to be exposed as a philanderer while they are still alive?
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Subjects:  1. Experimental Psychology    2. General    3. History    4. Psychology    5. Research & Methodology   

Subjects:  1. 1901-    2. 1901-1981    3. European - French    4. History    5. Lacan, Jacques,    6. Literary Criticism    7. Movements - Psychoanalysis    8. Psychoanalysis    9. Psychology    10. French    11. Literary Criticism & Collections / French    12. Psychoanalysis & psychoanalytical theory   

Editorial Review

The history of madness and its treatment is a fascinating one.At one time, the mentally ill were diagnosed as demonically possessed; later, when mental illness became the province of psychoanalysts, those conditions that are actually physical in nature, such as schizophrenia or manic depression, went insufficiently treated, their sufferers consigned to asylums. In his book, Read more

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A lot or information not easily presented.
First off, any attempt to chronicle the history of psychiatry is commendable. The radical changes in the perception of the mentally ill and the treatment of mental illness requires a great deal of research and discernment. However, I found this book more encyclopaedic than a fluent historical account. Personally, it will probably serve as more of a reference than a straight through read. It does include many interesting anecdotes, just not fluently enough for me to read as intended.

Psychiatric hagiography
This is an unbalanced, often inaccurate, and entirely adulatory history of psychiatry, masquerading as scholarship.Shorter finally lost me at the point where he describes ice-pick lobotomies, of which he is mildly diapproving, as an "adventure."

Shorter's opinion on the history of psychiatry
I really enjoyed the part of this book on the history of psychiatry. Unfortunately only about 60% of the book is on this topic and the rest consists of Shorter's unbalanced opinions. As a Psychiartic Registrar/resident slightly more simpathetic to the Biological approach, even I found this book extremely biased. Shorter's concrete style of reasoning makes him far more suitable to write a book on the history of surgery. The finer nuances and richness of the field of psychiatry is clearly outside his grasp. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. History    2. Medical    3. Psychiatry - General    4. Psychology    5. History of medicine    6. Medical / Psychiatry    7. Psychiatry    8. Reference works   

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Exceptionally Good!
The philosopher Ken Wilber first alerted to the work of Carol Gilligan. I was already aware of some of the work of Jean Baker Miller and Judith Lewis Herman and the revolution in psychology that they had spawned. But some of the details I did not known and they are captured in the remarkable narrative of Christina Robb's book.
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Subjects:  1. History    2. Interpersonal Relations    3. Psychology    4. Social Psychology    5. Sociology    6. Sociology - General    7. Women's Studies - General   

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Definitely pass on this one
I bought the book because recently I have been into the personal mastery thing like increasing your memory, reading better, and so on.Before I bought the book, I read the preface, and the the promises in it did not deliver.Before I go on I assure you that unlike some reviewers I read this 390 some pages of this book.This is definitely one of those books that Mortimor Adler in their book "How to Read a Book" describes as books that should challege you.And quite a challenge it is.Frances Yates assumes that the reader have knowledge of many things.Like foriegn languages such as Latin, Italian, this book is rife with it and most of it untranslated.Frances Yates also assumes that the reader know of various philosophical idiosycrasies of the known history of man.
An excellent exploration of a forgotten art
If you are fascinated by history or by scholarship throughout recorded time, you should enjoy this book.Francis Yates has created a detailed examination of memory techniques and their evolution over the course of generations.Beginning in ancient Greece and continuing through the Middle Ages, Yates shows how the art of remembering began as a sort of parlor trick and developed into an important skill in both religion and the occult. The influence from both individuals and cultures is described in a scholarly (yet not annoyingly so) way.While this book is not for everyone, its intended audience should be delighted. An arduous, fruitless journey into trivia and occultism...
Yates has produced what may be the most scholarly historical work on memory.And, like most pedantry, it takes a Herculean effort to finish it-and perhaps an even greater effort not to feel short-changed by the experience.Although the work was initially a fascinating and erudite tour through the history of early Greek and Roman culture, it then degraded into a detailed history of the occult.Read more

Subjects:  1. Ancient - General    2. Cognitive Psychology    3. History    4. Medieval    5. Memory    6. Mnemonics    7. Psychology    8. History of specific subjects    9. Psychology & Psychiatry / Cognitive Psychology    10. Topics in philosophy   

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Awesome one-of-a-kind history of psychology!
If you are a true lifelong student of psychology and the mind, you have got to read this book. It truly is the most comprehensive, interesting, and honest history of clinical psychology available today.
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Subjects:  1. General    2. History    3. Mental Disorders    4. Mental Illness    5. Psychology    6. Other Branches of Medicine    7. Psychology & Psychiatry / General   

Subjects:  1. Essays    2. History    3. History Of Psychology    4. Medical / Nursing    5. Philosophy    6. Psychiatry    7. Psychiatry - General    8. Psychology    9. Phenomenology & Existentialism    10. Philosophy of religion    11. Postwar period, 1945 to c 2000    12. Psychology & Psychiatry / General   

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Don't sell your book
This is a great book. If you are an undergraduate, don't sell your book. YOu may think you've heard about these studies and you wouldn't refer back to the book, but I wish I hadn't sold mine. They are the landmark studies that I keep wishing I could use for a paper, and will probably be on the GRE. Little Albert afraid of every furry thing, Bandura's learning through observation, and even some Freud, though he didn't really do any studies and it ticked off my prof that he was in there. I'm now re-buying the book because there have been too many times I've wished I've had it since the class was over a semester ago.

Good condensed version of psychological theories
This book was required reading for a graduate class I am taking. Most of the studies I had already learned in
Amazingly fun
It's really quite surprising just how FUN it can be to read about a seemingly boring subject - the history of psychology. This book provides the context for 40 of the most important developments in the study of how the mind works, along with the procedures, results, and critisism, in a very easy-to-read format. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. 20th century    2. History    3. Psychology    4. Research & Methodology    5. History of specific subjects    6. Psychological testing & measurement    7. Psychology & Psychiatry / General   

Subjects:  1. 20th century    2. General    3. History    4. Philosophy    5. Psychological Movements    6. Psychology    7. Psychology (General)    8. History of specific subjects    9. Psychology & Psychiatry / General