History and Philosophy of Psychology 1st Edition

This is the first class textbook that made me laugh. The author slides some dry and sardonic humor in there along with his critiques. I enjoyed that this went beyond a basic psych 101 textbook, which are pretty much cut and paste, and the author took more liberties and added more thought-provoking content.

good book, used for a class

Good book for desired college degree majors

What do you get when you compile information you can get from Wikipedia and add your own BS to it? This book. If you don't know anything about Psychology and you want to waste your money, buy this book. Otherwise, don't waste your money on this. The only reason I got this book is because I need it for a class. I was gonna return it but I decided to donate it instead because I didn't want to waste anymore time dealing with this book. It's easier to donate this than to repackage and go to the post office. The Information in this book can be easily found in Google and is too basic. This book is pretty much a "cut and paste" from other sources, edited and compiled. I can't believe this book is used in a college class. Anyone with basic knowledge of Psychology and has internet access can survive a class without this textbook. To be honest, I read half of the book and donated it in the middle of the semester and I still got a great grade. I'm not saying this book is useless, I'm saying it's too basic and information here can easily be found on the net.

"History and Philosophy of Psychology" is a long overdue resource for the 21st Century psychology student. Abandoning the hagiographical, presentist, and internal histories, so common in most of the history and systems texts, Chung and Hyland provide a refreshing appraisal of the history and truly contemporary trends of the field. The authors present information from pre-experimental, experimental, and post-experimental psychology. This is a text that will appeal to those who can clearly see the transitions that are occurring in the field of psychology and the social sciences. This text is bound to become a favorite of the new generation of psychology students, as well as an introduction to postcognitive schools of thought. I highly recommend this text to all students and professionals of psychology.Matthew Giobbi, Ph.D.Lecturer on the history of psychologyRutgers University, Newark, New Jersey A Postcognitive Negation: The Sadomasochistic Dialectic of American Psychology

When I load this onto either my phone or my iPad, the page numbers don't show up correctly. Instead they appear as # Loc. This makes it impossible to complete the required reading for my classes which are based off of page numbers instead of chapters. So frustrating that after buying the ebook I will have to also purchase the physical copy just to complete class work.

Simply fab, in depth, well laid out with lots of information on theorists and their timelines. Used on a Masters course!