A Brief History of Modern Psychology with Annotated Readings in the History of Modern Psychology Set

by Ludy T. Benjamin Jr.

In "A Brief History of Modern Psychology," Ludy Benjamin, leading historian in the field, discusses the history of both the science and the practice of psychology since the establishment of the first experimental psychology laboratory in 1879.
Captures the excitement of this pervasive field that features prevalently in modern mass media
Presents facts and interesting tidbits about individual psychologists' lives and ideas, as well as illuminating tie-in's to the social contexts in which they lived
Features widely known figures such as William James, Carl Jung, Wilhelm Wundt, G. Stanley Hall, James Catell, John B. Watson, and B.F. Skinner as well as lesser known luminaries such as E.B. Titchener, Mary Calkins, Leta Hollingworth, Kenneth and Mamie Clark, and Helen Thompson Wolley
Provides the historical and disciplinary context that will help readers to better understand the richness and complexity of contemporary psychology
Includes discussions of important events, societies, and landmarks in the history of psychology such as the growth of psychological laboratories in the US, the Thayer Conference (the landmark summit which defined school psychology), Kurt Lewin's social action research, and Lewis M. Terman and the Stanford Revision of the Binet-Simon Scale (now the well known, "Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scale")Test Bank for instructors with identification, multiple-choice, matching, and essay questions written by Ludy Benjamin available at www.wiley.com/go/benjamin .

552 pages, Paperback

First published December 9, 2009

About the author

Ludy Benjamin, Jr. is Professor of Psychology and Educational Psychology at Texas A&M University and holder of a Presidential Professorship in Teaching Excellence. He received his PhD in experimental psychology from Texas Christian University in 1971, specializing in perception. From 1970 to 1978 he was a member of the faculty at Nebraska Wesleyan University. Following a two-year appointment in Washington, DC as Director of the Office of Educational Affairs for the American Psychological Association (APA), Benjamin joined the faculty at Texas A&M University in 1980. His research specialty is the history of psychology where he has focused on the development of the early American psychology laboratories and organizations, on the origins of applied psychology (especially clinical psychology and industrial-organizational psychology), and on the popularization of psychology, including a concern with the evolution of psychology's public image. Benjamin is a past president of two of the divisions of the APA: the Division on the History of Psychology and the Division on the Teaching of Psychology and is also past president of the Eastern Psychological Association. He is the author or editor of 20 books and more than 130 articles, chapters, and reviews in psychology. He lives in College Station, TX with his wife Priscilla Benjamin, a librarian (ret.).