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A New Unified Theory of PsychologyThe Problem of Psychology

A New Unified Theory of Psychology: The Problem of Psychology [Sigmund Koch was one of the premier scholars of psychology. He devoted his formidable intellect to analyzing the discipline’s conceptual foundations and through intensive study he came to the conclusion that there simply was no elephant. In Koch’s estimation, psychology was not andcould not be a single coherent discipline. Because his professional biography reveals an enormous amount about the deep and profound conceptual problems that underlie psychology, it is worth taking some time to recount here. In the late 1930s and early 1940s, Koch was a rising star in psychological science, having authored, among other things, two major articles on the concept of motivation in the prestigious journal Psychological Review in 1941. Clark Hull’s behaviorism was at its apex, and it seemed to Koch and many others at the time that the mathematization of animal behavior was truly at hand. Psychology was finally on the cusp of becoming a true, precise, objective science.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

A New Unified Theory of PsychologyThe Problem of Psychology

Henriques, Gregg
Springer Journals — Jun 20, 2011
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Springer New York
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© Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2011
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978-1-4614-0057-8
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29 –42
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10.1007/978-1-4614-0058-5_2
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Abstract

[Sigmund Koch was one of the premier scholars of psychology. He devoted his formidable intellect to analyzing the discipline’s conceptual foundations and through intensive study he came to the conclusion that there simply was no elephant. In Koch’s estimation, psychology was not andcould not be a single coherent discipline. Because his professional biography reveals an enormous amount about the deep and profound conceptual problems that underlie psychology, it is worth taking some time to recount here. In the late 1930s and early 1940s, Koch was a rising star in psychological science, having authored, among other things, two major articles on the concept of motivation in the prestigious journal Psychological Review in 1941. Clark Hull’s behaviorism was at its apex, and it seemed to Koch and many others at the time that the mathematization of animal behavior was truly at hand. Psychology was finally on the cusp of becoming a true, precise, objective science.]

Published: Jun 20, 2011

Keywords: Animal Behavior; Unify Theory; Human Knowledge; Psychological Phenomenon; Background Structure

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