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From séance to science : a history of the profession of psychology in America /

"This book is intended to round out the picture of American psychology's past, adding the history of psychological practice to the story of psychological science. Written by two well-recognized authorities in the field, this book covers the profession and practice of psychology in America...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Benjamin, Ludy T., 1945- (Autor), Baker, David B. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Akron, Ohio : University Of Akron Press, 2014.
Edición:Second edition /
Colección:Center for the History of Psychology series.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover
  • Copyright
  • Dedication
  • Contents
  • Preface to the Second Edition
  • Preface to the First Edition
  • Chapter 1: The Beginnings of Psychological Practice
  • Having Your Head Examined: Phrenology
  • It's All in the Face: Physiognomy
  • Criminal Physiognomy
  • Physiognomy in Vocational Guidance and the Workplace
  • Psychology's Other Occult Doubles
  • Mesmerism
  • Spiritualism
  • Mental Healing
  • The New Psychology
  • Selling the New Psychology
  • Child Study
  • Counseling Psychology
  • School and Clinical Psychology
  • Psychology and Business
  • Conclusion
  • Chapter 2: Clinical Psychology
  • Mental Asylums
  • Clinical Research by Psychologists in the 1890s
  • Lightner Witmer's Call for a Clinical Psychology
  • Intelligence Testing
  • The Early Clinical Psychologists
  • Influences on Clinical Psychology at the Turn of the Century
  • Freud's Visit and Psychoanalysis in America
  • Clifford Beers and the Mental Hygiene Movement
  • Morton Prince and Clinical Psychology
  • Elwood Worcester and the Emmanuel Movement
  • Clinical Psychology: Organization, Certification
  • An Outbreak of Psychology: The 1920s
  • An Organization for Professional Psychology
  • Between the Wars: The Rise of Clinical Assessment
  • Shell Shock Cases
  • Early Personality Testing
  • Projective Personality Testing
  • The Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI)
  • World War II and Clinical Psychology
  • Clinical Psychology and the Scientist-Practitioner Model
  • Psychologists and Psychotherapy
  • Models of Psychotherapy
  • Behavioral Therapies
  • Cognitive Therapies
  • Humanistic Therapies
  • Further Evidence of a Profession
  • Licensure for Professional Psychologists
  • Professional Ethics
  • Professional Journals
  • Professional Psychologists and the APA
  • Professional Schools of Psychology
  • Clinical Psychology in the 1960s.
  • Community Mental Health Centers
  • Independent Practice
  • Conclusion
  • Chapter 3: School Psychology
  • Education and Democracy
  • Child Development and the Legacy of G. Stanley Hall
  • Estimating IQs
  • Arnold Gesell: The First School Psychologist
  • Individual Case Study and the Legacy of Lightner Witmer
  • New Work in Applied Psychology
  • Special Education and School Psychology
  • Psychology in the Schools
  • Organization and Identity
  • Recognition
  • School Psychology at Midcentury
  • The National Institute of Mental Health and School Psychology
  • The Thayer Conference
  • Expansion
  • Back to the Future
  • The National Association of School Psychologists
  • NASP and Division 16
  • Conclusion
  • Chapter 4: Industrial/Organizational Psychology
  • The Salience of the Workplace
  • The New Psychology and the Business of Advertising
  • Scott and the Power of Suggestion
  • Harry Hollingworth and the Effectiveness of Advertising
  • Watson's Behavioristic Approach to Advertising
  • Hugo Münsterberg and the "Founding" of Industrial Psychology
  • Carnegie Tech's Division of Applied Psychology
  • The Bureau of Salesmanship Research
  • The End of the Division of Applied Psychology
  • The One Right Way: Scientific Management
  • Problems with Scientific Management
  • Workers Are Not Machines
  • World War I and Its Aftermath
  • Personnel Psychology in the 1920s
  • Journal of Applied Psychology
  • Psychological Consulting Firms
  • Establishing Scientific Legitimacy
  • Industrial Psychology Monthly
  • Steady Growth
  • The Great Depression and the Beginnings of Organizational Psychology
  • The Hawthorne Studies
  • Attitudes, Leadership, and Worker Satisfaction
  • Organizing Industrial Psychologists
  • World War II and Its Aftermath
  • Human Factors Psychology
  • Personnel Psychology After the War
  • The Evolution of Graduate Training.
  • Organizational Psychology Comes of Age
  • Lewin's Continuing Influence
  • Industrial Strife
  • Contemporary I/O Psychology
  • Contemporary Personnel Issues
  • Training
  • Organizational Psychology
  • Organizational Development
  • Organizational Climate
  • Conclusion
  • Chapter 5: Counseling Psychology
  • A Context for Counseling Psychology
  • A More Perfect Union
  • Seeking Guidance
  • The Work of Frank Parsons
  • The Expansion of Guidance
  • Education and Psychology
  • Vocational Psychology
  • Testing and the Times
  • Civilian Applications
  • Testing and the Great Depression
  • The Emergence of Counseling Psychology
  • Preludes to Boulder
  • The Meaning of Boulder
  • Constructing Counseling Psychology
  • A Model of Training
  • Influences on Identity
  • The Question of Identity
  • Consolidation
  • Recent Developments
  • Organizational Structure
  • Social Action
  • Conclusion
  • Chapter 6: The Psychological Profession in the 21st Century
  • Managed Care
  • Cost and Service Containment
  • Ethics
  • Impacts
  • Responses to Managed Care
  • Prescription Privileges for Psychologists
  • Opposition to Prescription Privileges
  • Clinical Trials for Psychologists
  • Proponents for Prescription Privileges
  • New Practice Specialties
  • Forensic Psychology
  • Münsterberg and the Psychology of the Courtroom
  • Contemporary Forensic Psychology
  • Clients for Forensic Psychology
  • The Psychological Autopsy
  • Growth of Forensic Psychology
  • Sport Psychology
  • Coleman Griffith: Pioneer in Sport Psychology
  • Modern Practice of Sport Psychology
  • The Work of Sport Psychologists
  • Health Psychology
  • The Practice of Health Psychologists
  • Interventions
  • Health Psychology in Hospitals
  • Science and the Practice of Psychology
  • Contemporary Concerns About Professional Schools of Psychology
  • The "Myth" of Professional Psychology.
  • Doing and Applying Research
  • Practice Guidelines
  • Conflict Over Guidelines
  • The Future of the Profession
  • Growth in Health Psychology
  • Growth in Psychological Services to Minorities
  • Changing Roles for Psychologists
  • A Final Comment
  • Notes
  • Image Credits
  • Index.