What is psychology? When did it begin? Where did it come from? How does psychology compare with
related subjects such as psychiatry and psychotherapy? To what extent is it
scientific?Introducing Psychology answers all these questions and more explaining what the
subject has been in the past and what it is now. The main schools of thought and the sections
within psychology are described including Introspection Biopsychology Psychoanalysis
Behaviourism Comparative (Animal) Psychology Cognitive Approaches (including the Gestalt
movement) Social Psychology Developmental Psychology and Humanism. The key figures covered
include: Freud Pavlov Skinner Bandura Piaget Bowlby Maslow and Rogers as well as many
lesser-known but important psychologists.
