Psychology's Story (Volume 1 and 2)

Author: Robert P. Morgan (American)
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Publish Date: 1999-10-01
Features: Unlike traditional philosophy, cosmology, and the stories of discoverers, it possesses a strong independence and authority. For nearly two and a half millennia, humanity has focused on expanding its behavioral arts while treating the independence of thought as a mere appendage to noble acts, with a desperate yearning for the liberation of free consciousness. Great history has forged saints capable of bearing this mission—whether solitary ascetics, hedonistic aristocrats, fervent mystics, rational empiricists who believed humans could examine and understand—making them the other exhausting figure in Morgan's works: the psychologist. Humanity's true awakening truly begins to take steps in exploration, and it can be asserted that this is certainly not starting from this book. "What are the true causes of human behavior?" This question has puzzled humanity for millennia. Morgan's The Story of Psychology tells the compelling stories that took place in this process. From Socrates, Plato, Descartes, Spinoza to Pavlov, Freud, Piaget—they believed humans could examine, understand, and ultimately guide or control their thought processes, emotions, and behavioral outcomes. This book is not about personal experiences but describes the methods and correct theories of psychological research, as well as the methods and effectiveness of psychotherapy, the main component of psychology, to help readers quickly grasp them. In this era of increasing attention to psychology, The Story of Psychology stands as a timely, important, and engaging work in psychology, possessing irreplaceable independence and authority.