NEIU Libraries Research Guides: Psychology & Gerontology Research Guide: PSYC 395: History of Psychology

Selected Bibliography (Books on the History of Psychology)

A History of Personality Psychology: Theory, Science, and Research from Hellenism to the Twenty-first Century
Call Number: BF698.A2 D86 2010
ISBN: 9780521116329
Library of the History of Psychological Theories (series)
ONLINE
There are currently six titles in this series.
A History of Modern Psychology in Context
Call Number: BF81 .P48 2010
ISBN: 9780470276099
Putting Psychology in its Place: Critical Historical Perspectives
Call Number: BF95 .R55 2010
ISBN: 0415455790
Foundations of Psychological Thought: A History of Psychology
Call Number: BF81 .F68 2009
ISBN: 9780761930778
Psychology: Pythagoras to Present
Call Number: BF81 .M35 2009
ISBN: 9780262012966
Forty Studies that Changed Psychology: Explorations into the History of Psychological Research
Call Number: BF198.7 .H63 2009
ISBN: 9780136035992
History of Psychiatry and Medical Psychology
Call Number: ONLINE
ISBN: 9780387347073

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Recommended Journals for History of Psychology

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Journal of the History of Behavioral Sciences
An international journal devoted to the scientific, technical, institutional, and cultural history of all the social and behavioral sciences, including psychology.
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Available full text from 1989 volume 25 to present.
Theory & Psychology
Focuses on the emergent themes at the center of contemporary psychological debate. Its principal aim is to foster theoretical dialogue and innovation within the discipline, serving an integrative role for a wide psychological audience.
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Available full text from 1991 volume 1 to present.
History of Psychology
Features articles addressing all aspects of psychology's past and of its interrelationship with the many contexts within which it has emerged and has been practiced.
See also the Society for the History of Psychology website.
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Available full text from 1998 volume 1 to present.
Psychological Review
Includes articles that make theoretical contributions to all areas of scientific psychology.
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Available full text from 1894 volume 1 to present.

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Online Reference Resources on the History of Psychology

Handbook of Psychology
Call Number: AVAILABLE ONLINE
ISBN: 047061904X
"The Handbook of Psychology is a major work without peer in scope and coverage of the conceptual, empirical, and applied advances of psychology." (Alan Kazdin, PsycCRITIQUES, Vol 58, Release 6 Article 1, 2/16/13)
International Encyclopedia of Social and Behavioral Sciences
Call Number: AVAILABLE ONLINE
ISBN: 0080430767
Although published in 2001, this 26 volume encyclopedia remains the unparalleled reference source spanning the full range of the social and behavioral sciences.
The Corsini Encyclopedia of Psychology
Call Number: AVAILABLE ONLINE
ISBN: 0470170247
Four-volume subject encyclopedia (4th edition) features authoritative coverage of every major area of psychology and complete coverage of DSM disorders.
Encyclopedia of the History of Psychological Theories
Call Number: AVAILABLE ONLINE
ISBN: 9781441904638
Survey the entire range of thinking in psychology, from ancient times to the present, encompassing philosophies and theories of mind that pre-date our modern conception of psychology as a science, and extending to the current findings of neuroscience.
Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography
Call Number: ONLINE
ISBN: 9780684315591
Biographical articles on the professional lives of scientists from classical antiquity to modern times.

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21st Century Psychology: A Reference Handbook
Call Number: ONLINE
ISBN: 9781412949682
Publication Date: 2008