Comparative psychology in the twentieth century /
"We are in a age when it is fashionable to trace one's roots. Although I have resisted the temptation to trace my genetic roots, the temptation to track my intellectual roots has proven irresistible. In reading accounts of the comparative psychologists that preceded my generation, I have b...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Stroudsburg, Pa. :
Hutchinson Ross Pub. Company ;
[1984]
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | "We are in a age when it is fashionable to trace one's roots. Although I have resisted the temptation to trace my genetic roots, the temptation to track my intellectual roots has proven irresistible. In reading accounts of the comparative psychologists that preceded my generation, I have been struck with their foresight and accomplishments. However, both the image and history of comparative psychology are generally perceived as poor. In this book I attempt to trace a consistent thread through the development of comparative psychology. By so doing, I hope to alter current perceptions of comparative psychology and thereby influence its future course. The goals of this book are best described as a cross between recording history and advocacy. I hope to escape some criticism by making my objectives and biases explicit. The audience toward which the book is directed consists of professionals and graduate students in comparative psychology and related disciplines. I hope to provide a fairly comprehensive overview of the history of comparative psychology as I perceive it. The book may therefore be useful in graduate seminars concerned with such history"--Pref. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2005 APA, all rights reserved). |
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| Item Description: | Title from title screen (viewed March, 03, 2008). Includes index. Electronic resource. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xii, 413 pages) : illustrations |
| Format: | Mode of access: World Wide Web. 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. |
| Bibliography: | Bibliography: pages 341-400. |
| ISBN: | 0879331089 9780879331085 |