David W. Carroll

Purpose and Cognition

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Produktbeschreibung

The book describes how Edward Tolman developed a theory of purposive behaviour within the behaviourist era of American psychology.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 284
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. August 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 416g
• ISBN-13: 9781107553156
• ISBN-10: 1107553156
• Artikelnr.: 54642860

Autorenporträt

David W. Carroll is professor emeritus at the University of Wisconsin, Superior. He is the author of Psychology of Language, 5th edition (2007) and Families of Children with Developmental Disabilities (2013), and is a member of the Association for Psychological Science, the Society for the History of Psychology, and the Society for General Psychology.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Introduction
1. Growing up in New England
2. The Harvard milieu
3. Out West
4. A new formula for behaviorism
5. Purposive behaviorism
6. The turn toward operationism
7. 'A concern for social events'
8. Cognitive maps
9. The loyalty oath
10. The legacy of Edward Chace Tolman
References
Index.