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Modern psychology draws on more than three centuries of research and speculation—invariably original, often daring, at times misguided. In this new Third Edition, Professor Fancher again traces the evolution of this influential science through the personal triumphs and disappointments of a fascinating gallery of individuals from Descartes, Gall, and Kant to James, Piaget, and Skinner.
History told through individual experiences
Some pioneers, like Wundt and Helmholtz, were painstaking experimenters. Others found themselves at the start of major movements: Consider Ivan Pavlov whose monumental studies of the physiology of digestion led to the founding of modern behaviorism; or Sigmund Freud who set out to develop a neurological model of the mind and soon launched an entire intellectual revolution under the banner of psychoanalysis.
New chapter on artificial intelligence
The Third Edition includes an entirely new chapter 13 on artificial intelligence. Beginning with Pascal’s "Pascaline" and proceeding through the machines and programs of Leibniz, Babbage, Turing, and Newell, Shaw, and Simon, the chapter presents the historical foundations of one of the most important and controversial issues in modern cognitive psychology. With its underlying theme of exploring the possibilities and limitations of mechanistic explanation in psychology, the new chapter also provides a particularly fitting conclusion to the book’s general.
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