Synopses & Reviews
This set includes
A Brief History of Modern Psychology by Ludy T. Benjamin, Jr. (978-1-4051-3206-0) and
A History of Psychology: Original Sources and Contemporary Research by Ludy T. Benjamin, Jr. (978-1-4051-7710-8).
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.
A History of Psychology is a unique collection of readings in psychology designed to expose students to primary source readings in psychology and some of the best contemporary historical scholarship by active historians of psychology, while at the same time providing students with an understanding of the philosophy and methods of historiography.
Review
“Combining a history textbook and with a book of both primary and secondary sources provides a comprehensive understanding of the field of psychology.” (Doody's Reviews, May 2009)