E. Leary (ed.)

Metaphors in the History of Psychology

Herausgeber: Leary, David E.

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Produktbeschreibung

When psychologists speak of human memory as a matter of 'retrieving' earlier 'input' from 'storage', they are basing their discussion of memory upon a series of metaphors drawn from cybernetic theory (the science of communications and control) and computer technology. Similarly, when clinical psychologists try to 'relieve' the 'pressure' that someone has been 'repressing' inside, their actions are directed by the hydraulic metaphors that have shaped their understanding of the 'linear workings' of 'psychodynamics'. The contributors to this volume argue that psychologists and their predecessors have invariably turned to metaphor in order to articulate their descriptions, theories, and practical interventions with regard to psychological functioning. By specifying the major metaphors in the history of psychology, these contributors have offered a new key' to understanding this critically important area of human knowledge. Metaphors in the History of Psychology describes and analyses the ways in which psychological accounts of brain functioning, consciousness, cognition, emotion, motivation, learning, and behaviour have been shaped - and are still being shaped - by the central metaphors used by contemporary psychologists and their predecessors. The volume is a stylistically and substantively coherent work of essays on a theme which has become an issue of central concern in a variety of disciplines ranging from linguistics and literary studies to cognitive science, psychology, and philosophy. Through the identification of these metaphors, the contributors to this volume have provided a remarkably useful guide to the history, current orientations, and future prospects of modern psychology.

Table of contents:
Preface; 1. Psyche's music: the role of metaphor in the history of psychology David E. Leary; 2. From metaphors to models: the use of analogy in neuropsychology Karl H. Pribram; 3. Inner feelings, works of the flesh, the beast within, diseases of the mind, driving force, and putting on a show: six metaphors of emotion and their theoretical extensions James R. Averill; 4. Motives metaphors: a study in scientific creativity Paul McReynolds; 5. Cognitive metaphors in experimental psychology Robert R. Hoffman, Edward L. Cochran and James M. Nead; 6. Metaphors of consciousness and cognition in the history of psychology Jerome Bruner and Carol Fleisher Feldman; 7. Metaphors of knowledge and behaviour in the behaviorist tradition Laurence D. Smith; 8. Metaphor, metatheory, and the social world Kenneth J. Gergen; 9. Metaphors of unwanted conduct: a historical sketch Theodore R. Sarbin; 10. Generative metaphor and the history of psychological discourse Kurt Danziger; 11. Metaphor, theory, and practice in the history of psychology David E. Levy; Name index; Subject index.

Metaphors in the History of Psychology describes and analyses the ways in which psychological accounts of brain functioning, consciousness, cognition, emotion, motivation, learning, and behaviour have been shaped - and are still being shaped - by the central metaphors used by contemporary psychologists and their predecessors. The volume is a stylistically and substantively coherent work of essays on a theme which has become an issue of central concern in a variety of disciplines ranging from linguistics and literary studies to cognitive science, psychology, and philosophy.

The volume provides a remarkably useful guide to the history, current orientations, and future prospects of modern psychology.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 400
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. September 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 28mm
• Gewicht: 800g
• ISBN-13: 9780521371667
• ISBN-10: 052137166X
• Artikelnr.: 22463305

Inhaltsangabe

Preface; 1. Psyche's music: the role of metaphor in the history of
psychology David E. Leary; 2. From metaphors to models: the use of analogy
in neuropsychology Karl H. Pribram; 3. Inner feelings, works of the flesh,
the beast within, diseases of the mind, driving force, and putting on a
show: six metaphors of emotion and their theoretical extensions James R.
Averill; 4. Motives metaphors: a study in scientific creativity Paul
McReynolds; 5. Cognitive metaphors in experimental psychology Robert R.
Hoffman, Edward L. Cochran and James M. Nead; 6. Metaphors of consciousness
and cognition in the history of psychology Jerome Bruner and Carol Fleisher
Feldman; 7. Metaphors of knowledge and behaviour in the behaviorist
tradition Laurence D. Smith; 8. Metaphor, metatheory, and the social world
Kenneth J. Gergen; 9. Metaphors of unwanted conduct: a historical sketch
Theodore R. Sarbin; 10. Generative metaphor and the history of
psychological discourse Kurt Danziger; 11. Metaphor, theory, and practice
in the history of psychology David E. Levy; Name index; Subject index.