| Naming the Mind: How Psychology Found Its Language
By Kurt Danziger
ISBN: 9780803977624
Published: 1997
Number of Pages: 224
Edition: 1st
Binding: Hardcover |
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Product Type: Book
Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd
Description: Intelligence, motivation, personality, learning, stimulation, behaviour and attitude are just some of the categories that map the terrain of `psychological reality′. These are the concepts which, among others, underpin theoretical and empirical work in modern psychology - and yet these concepts have only recently taken on their contemporary meanings. This fascinating work is a persuasive explanation of how modern psychology found its language. Kurt Danziger develops an account that goes beyond the taken-for-granted quality of psychological discourse to offer a profound and broad-ranging analysis of the recent evolution of the concepts and categories on which it depends. Danziger explores this process and shows how its conse |
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080397762XMain Entry - Personal Name
- Personal name:
Danziger, Kurt - Personal name:
Danziger, Kurt.Title Statement
- Title:
Naming the mind : - Remainder of title:
how psychology found its language / - Statement of responsibility, etc.:
Kurt Danziger - Statement of responsibility, etc.:
Kurt Danziger.Varying Form of Title
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How psychology found its language - Title proper/short title:
How psychology found its language.Edition Statement:
1st ed:
1st ed.Publication, Distribution, etc. (Imprint)
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London ; - Place of publication, distribution, etc.:
Thousand Oaks, CA : - Name of publisher, distribution, etc.:
Sage, - Date of publication, distribution, etc.:
c1997 - Date of publication, distribution, etc.:
c1997.Physical Description
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214 p. ; - Dimensions:
24 cm - Dimensions:
24 cm.Bibliography, etc. Note
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Includes bibliographical references and index - Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references and index.Subject Added Entry - Topical Term
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Psychology - General subdivision:
History - General subdivision:
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Terminology