History of Psychology in Autobiography

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Mos, Leendert P. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer US, 2009.
• Edition: 1.
• Series: Path in Psychology, Published in Cooperation with Publications for the Advancement of Theory and History in Psychology (Path),
• Subjects: Psychology.; History of Psychology.

Since the 17th century, autobiography has an honorable place in the study of history. In 1930, the preeminent historian of psychology, Edwin Boring, writes that a science separated from its history lacks direction and promises a future of uncertain importance. To understand what psychology is and wh...

Table of Contents:

• Against the Tide: Making Waves and Breaking Silences
• Reflections On My Years in Psychology
• Confessions of a Marginal Psychologist
• Professional Marginalization in Psychology: Choice or Destiny?
• Psychology in Self-Presentations
• The Autobiography of a Marginal Psychologist: As Much as I Like Bob
• In Search and Proof of Human Beings, Not Machines.