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Russell Crescimanno has written: 'Culture, consciousness, and beyond' -- subject(s): Consciousness, Educational psychology, Left and right (Psychology), Self-fulfilling prophecy, Social aspects, Social aspects of Consciousness
Consciousness has been a central topic in the history of psychology, particularly during the early 20th century with the rise of structuralism and functionalism. However, behaviorism and later cognitive psychology shifted the focus away from consciousness due to its subjective nature and lack of empirical measurement. Recently, there has been a resurgence of interest in studying consciousness through various approaches such as cognitive neuroscience and phenomenology.
Julia Turner has written: 'The psychology of self-consciousness' -- subject(s): Psychoanalysis, Self-consciousness
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Robert E. Ornstein has written: 'The right mind' 'The psychology of consciousness' -- subject(s): Consciousness, Conscience, Bewustzijn 'The evolution of consciousness' -- subject(s): Consciousness, Genetic psychology, Neuropsychology, Adaptability (Psychology), Evolutionary psychology 'On the Experience of Time' 'Healthy pleasures' -- subject(s): Pleasure principle (Psychology), Health 'The amazing brain' -- subject(s): Brain 'New world new mind' -- subject(s): Human ecology, Environmental policy, Human evolution 'Healthy pleasures' -- subject(s): Pleasure principle (Psychology), Health 'The roots of the self' -- subject(s): Self, Individual differences, Neuropsychology, Personality
DJ'R. has written: '7 heavens' -- subject(s): Consciousness, Miscellanea, Religious aspects, Religious aspects of Consciousness, Religious aspects of Self-actualization (Psychology), Self-actualization (Psychology), Spiritual life
Paul D. Fairweather has written: 'Symbolic regression psychology' -- subject(s): Consciousness, Family, Psychotherapy, Regression (Psychology), Symbolism (Psychology)
George Mandler has written: 'A History of Modern Experimental Psychology' 'The response to threat' -- subject(s): Anxiety 'Cognitive psychology' -- subject(s): Cognition, Cognitive science, Consciousness, Memory 'Human nature explored' -- subject(s): Human behavior, Psychology 'Mind and Body Psychology of Emotion and Stre' 'Consciousness Recovered'
Alfred Binet has written: 'An Elementary Treatise on Human Physiology: \\' 'The Development of Intelligence in Children' 'The Mind and the Brain' -- subject(s): Mind and body 'The experimental psychology of Alfred Binet' -- subject(s): Child psychology, Experimental Psychology 'Significant Contributions to the History of Psychology 1750-1920' 'Gallica electronic version' -- subject(s): Experimental Psychology, Psychology, Experimental 'On Double Consciousness: Experimental Psychological Studies' -- subject(s): Accessible book, Consciousness, Personality disorders 'A Method of measuring the development of the intellignece of young children' -- subject(s): Accessible book 'La psychologie du raisonnement' -- subject(s): Hypnotism, Experimental and physiological Psychology, Perception, Reasoning (Psychology) 'Gallica electronic copy' -- subject(s): Intelligence, Physiological, Intellect, Psychology 'The Psychology of Reasoning' -- subject(s): Perception, Reasoning, Hypnotism 'On Double Consciousness' -- subject(s): Consciousness, Personality disorders 'The Psychology of Reasoning (1886; English 1899)'
Behaviorists object to studying consciousness because it is subjective and cannot be directly observed or measured. They believe that focusing on observable behavior is a more objective and reliable way to study human behavior. Additionally, behaviorists argue that consciousness is not necessary for explaining or predicting behavior.
John Boghosian Arden has written: 'Rewire your brain' -- subject(s): Neurosciences, Memory, Brain 'Science, theology, and consciousness' -- subject(s): Consciousness 'Consciousness, dreams, and self' -- subject(s): Consciousness, Dreams, Self psychology, Social aspects, Social aspects of Consciousness
The school of thought in psychology that systematically avoided the study of consciousness during the first half of the last century was known as behaviorism. Behaviorists believed that psychology should focus solely on observable behaviors, rather than subjective experiences like consciousness. This approach was championed by psychologists such as John B. Watson and B.F. Skinner.