| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 153 pages) : illustrations |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Bradford book.
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| Note |
"A Bradford book." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 143-147) and index. |
| Contents |
1. Psychology as a natural science -- 2. Subjective concepts in a world of facts -- 3. Structure of the science -- 4. Two forms of adjustment -- 5. Opponent-process theory -- 6. Thresholds for responding -- 7. Organized and disorganized behavior -- 8. Epilogue : to give psychology away. |
| Summary |
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, 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, which combines the imperative that a science of psychology must be about observable realities with the view that human behavior is the result of evolution. Kimble's proposals are of general significance and have stood the test of time: they were reasonably explicit in the writings of the giants in the history of psychology, and they apply in contexts that range from behavioral neurology to social action. |
| Access |
Use copy Restrictions unspecified MiAaHDL |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
| System Details |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
| Processing Action |
digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve MiAaHDL |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Psychology.
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Psychology. |
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Psychology. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Kimble, Gregory A. Psychology. Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©1996 0262112043 (DLC) 95021458 (OCoLC)32779036 |
| ISBN |
0585021317 (electronic book) |
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9780585021317 (electronic book) |
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0262112043 (alkaline paper) |
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9780262112048 (alkaline paper) |
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