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Psychology : The Hope of a Science by Gregory A. Kimble is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is Psychology : The Hope of a Science about?
At a time in the history of psychology when many psychologists are troubled by the splintered condition of the field, Gregory Kimble proposes that the diverse perspectives in psychology share ways of thinking that can bring coherence to the discipline.Drawing on years of extensive research and scholarship (including a deep familiarity with the writings of William James and many psychologists who have succeeded him in a search for unity in psychological theorizing), Kimble presents evidence for this potential unity. He portrays psychology as a natural science with relevance to human life and offers a set of axioms that hold the field together.Psychology is a two-part exploration of the concept of psychology as the science of behavior. The first part describes the traditional commitments of the scientific method and spells out the implications of those commitments for psychology. The second part develops a general theory within a framework that can be called functional behaviorism, w
Who reads Psychology : The Hope of a Science?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Gregory A. Kimble
- Publisher
- The MIT Press
- Published
- 1996
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780262112048
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- Psychology, Medical, Social_sciences
