50 classics of psychology

Psychology is the science of spiritual life. William James Why and above all how do we think? What motivates us and what makes us feel or do certain things? How does the brain work? And where do we get our ego-feeling from? Tom Butler-Bowdon guides his readers through the last hundred years of the history of psychology and presents the most exciting ideas from that time. In addition to psychologists, his book includes neurologists, psychiatrists, biologists, communication experts and journalists, but also a dock worker, a violence expert and a novelist. The core statements and approaches of well-known personalities such as Freud, Adler, Jung, Skinner, James, Piaget, and Pawlow as well as contemporary thinkers such as Gardner, Gilbert, Goleman, and Seligman are presented. A summary of the 50 most important works and related core statements provide an insight into d.