Related Readings in Psychology




On these pages you will find listings of suggested  and relevant readings and research  for the sub-fields in psychology and psychology in general.

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Overview of Psychology


Bringle, Robert G. and Donna K. Duffy, (eds.). (1998). With service in mind: Concepts and models for service-learning in psychology. Wash. DC:AAHE/APA.

Kassin, Saul and Kathleen H. Briggs, (eds.). (2005). Current directions in introductory psychology. Wash. DC: American Psychological Society.

Lawson, Robert B., Jean E. Graham and Kristin M. Baker. (2007). A history of psychology: Globalization, ideas and applications. New Jersey: Upper Saddle River.

Pettijohn, Terry. F. (2007). Classic Edition Sources in Psychology. Iowa:McGraw-Hill.

Sattler, David N. and Virginia Shabatay. (2000). Psychology in Context. MA: Houghton Mifflin.

Stanovich, Keith E. (2007). How to think straight about psychology. Boston: Pearson-Allyn-Bacon.


History of Psychology

Bernal, Martin (1987). Black Athena:  The Afroasiatic Roots of Classical Civilization (The Fabrication of Ancient Greece-1785-1985, Volume 1). New Jersey: Rutgers  University Press.

Fancher, Raymond E. (1990). Pioneers of psychology. New York: W.W.Norton & Company.

James, George G. M. (1954). Stolen Legacy.  San Francisco: Julian Richardson Associates.

Jansz, Jeroen and Peter van Drunen. (2004). A social history of psychology. MA: Blackwell Publishing.

Olela, Henry (1981). From Ancient Africa to Ancient Greece: An Introduction to the History of Philosophy. Atlanta, GA: The Select Publishing Corporation.

Watson, Robert I. and Rand B. Evans. (1991). The Great Psychologists: A History of Psychological Thought. Harper Collins Publishers.

Wertheimer, Michael.(1987). A brief history of psychology. Fort Worth: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, Inc.