Introducción a la psicología

Synopsis of Introducción a la psicología

This book by George A. Miller offers a comprehensive view of psychology, using a historical and systematic approach. It explores the major themes of the discipline from the late nineteenth century, narrating the constitutive process through the intellectual biographies of key figures such as Wilhelm Wundt, William James, Francis Galton, Ivan Pavlov, Sigmund Freud, and Alfred Binet. In addition, it exposes the principles and cardinal methods of the science of mental life, including the physiological assumptions of psychic activity, levels of consciousness, animal psychology, analysis of sensations and perceptions, Gestalt theories, functions of memory, the role of the unconscious, adaptation and learning, and behavior and conduct. It shows how the boundaries of psychology have been drawn through the integration of speculative orientations, the biological approach, and social interaction.