The Life Cycle of Psychological Ideas Understanding Prominence and the Dynamics of Intellectual Change /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Dalton, Thomas C. (Editor), Evans, Rand B. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, MA : Springer US : Imprint: Springer, 2005.
• Series: Path in Psychology,
• Subjects: Psychology.; Philosophy of mind.; Philosophy and science.; Philosophy and social sciences.; History of Psychology.; Philosophy of Mind.; Philosophy of Science.; Philosophy of the Social Sciences.

Table of Contents:

• Reconstructing Psychology’s Founding and Growth
• New Growth from Phantom Limbs
• Lost Classics and Forgotten Contributors
• Reinventing the Past through Reinterpretation
• High-Impact Research Programs in Psychology
• Tracking Trends in Psychological Science
• Comparative Psychology
• Becoming Big Frogs in a Small Pond
• The Psychology of Homo Sapiens: Changing Comparative Perspectives
• Cognitive Science and Consciousness
• How Otto Selz Became a Forerunner of the Cognitive Revolution
• Consciousness Regained
• Pragmatism, Individual and Social Development
• Myrtle McGraw, the Maturation Debate and Aftermath
• The Contemporary Reconstruction of Developmental Psychology
• Career Pathways and Professional Impact
• Beaking the Silence: Helen Bradford Thompson Woolley
• The Dynamics of Scientific and Cultural Change
• Prominence, Schools of Thought and Social Transformation.