Description
What is psychology? When did it begin? Where did it come from? How does psychology compare with related subjects such as psychiatry and psychotherapy? To what extent is it scientific? “Introducing Psychology” answers some of these questions and more, explaining what the topic has been prior to now and what it’s now. The principle “schools” of thought and the sections inside psychology are described, including Introspection, Biopsychology, Psychoanalysis, Behaviourism, Comparative (Animal) Psychology, Cognitive Approaches (including the Gestalt movement), Social Psychology, Developmental Psychology and Humanism. The important thing figures covered come with: Freud, Pavlov, Skinner, Bandura, Piaget, Bowlby, Maslow and Rogers, in addition to many lesser-known but necessary psychologists.
