Portraits of Pioneers in Psychology

<p>This third volume in a series devoted to luminaries in the history of psychology--features chapter authors who are themselves highly visible and eminent scholars. They provide glimpses of the giants who shaped modern cognitive and behavioral science and shed new light on their contributions and personalities often with a touch of humor or whimsy and with fresh personal insights. The animated style carefully selected details and lively perspective make the people ideas and controversies in the history of psychology come alive. <br><br> The fields touched on in this and other volumes cover all of the subfields of psychology. As such all volumes of <i>Portraits of Pioneers in Psychology</i> will be of interest to psychologists as well as scholars in related fields. The resourceful teacher could use a selection of chapters as supplementary readings to enhance almost any course in the discipline. The major purpose of these books is to provide source materials for students and their teachers in undergraduate and graduate courses in the history of psychology. Each of the five volumes in this series contains different profiles thereby bringing more than 100 of the pioneers in psychology more vividly to life.</p>