This volume consists of 15 chapters, each presenting a different segment of modern scientific 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 ...
This volume consists of 15 chapters, each presenting a different segment of modern scientific 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, which was first articulated around the turn of the century by William James, John Dewey, James Rowland Angell, Harvey Carr, and others.