Present-Day Russian Psychology (eBook)

A Symposium by Seven Authors

Neil O'Connor (Herausgeber)

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2013 | 1. Auflage
217 Seiten
Elsevier Science (Verlag)
978-1-4831-4857-1 (ISBN)

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Present-Day Russian Psychology: A Symposium by Seven Authors comprises the first comprehensive survey of Russian psychological literature that provides a sympathetic but critical account of Soviet psychology. This book focuses on three trends in Soviet psychology - first is the Pavlovian studies of conditioning and central nervous type; second are studies of verbal behavior; and third is the Georgian 'set theory. The chapters in this compilation include a statement on the orienting reflex and the voluntary control of motor behavior; survey of psychiatry; and view of the use of information theory and its increased popularity. Review of abnormal psychology and psychotherapy; analysis of psycholinguistic psychology; review of studies of child development; and account of a personal visit to Russian laboratories are also discussed. This publication is beneficial to psychology students and individuals researching on Soviet psychology.

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Present-Day Russian Psychology: A Symposium by Seven Authors comprises the first comprehensive survey of Russian psychological literature that provides a sympathetic but critical account of Soviet psychology. This book focuses on three trends in Soviet psychology - first is the Pavlovian studies of conditioning and central nervous type; second are studies of verbal behavior; and third is the Georgian "e;set theory. The chapters in this compilation include a statement on the orienting reflex and the voluntary control of motor behavior; survey of psychiatry; and view of the use of information theory and its increased popularity. Review of abnormal psychology and psychotherapy; analysis of psycholinguistic psychology; review of studies of child development; and account of a personal visit to Russian laboratories are also discussed. This publication is beneficial to psychology students and individuals researching on Soviet psychology.

Inhalt

Front Cover 1
Present-day Russian Psychology: A Symposium by Seven Authors 4
Copyright Page 5
Table of Contents 6
Editor s Introduction 8
Previous Surveys and This 8
The Contents of this Book 9
Schools of Psychology in the U.S.S.R. 10
Schools versus Techniques 12
Summary 14
References 15
Contributors 16
CHAPTER 1. Attention, Consciousness and Voluntary Control of Behaviour in Soviet Psychology: Philosophical Roots and Research Branches 18
Dialectical Materialism, Behaviourism and Consciousness 19
Social and Historical Roots of Behaviour 26
The Orienting Reflex and Conditioning 28
The Physiology of the Orienting Reflex 37
Consciousness and its Biological Significance 43
The Voluntary Control of Motor Behaviour 47
Acknowledgement 52
References 52
CHAPTER 2. Psychotherapy in the Soviet Union 56
Some Similarities in Problems and Methods 57
Some Practical Limitations 59
Available Resources 60
The Psychiatric Dispensary 62
Psychotherapeutic Theory 62
The Word as a Physiological and Therapeutic Factor 64
Pavlovian Physiology 65
The Therapeutic Interview 66
Insight by the Patient 67
Psychoprophylaxis 69
Disinhibition 70
Choice of Psychotherapy 73
Technique 76
References 79
CHAPTER 3. Some Statistical and Cybernetic Models in Recent Russian Psychology 80
The Replacement of Pavlovian Theory 82
Applications of Information Theory to Perceptual-motor Skills 86
Application of Communications Theory to Memory 92
Models for Perceptual Discrimination 95
Speech Perception 100
Conclusion 104
Acknowledgement 105
References 105
CHAPTER 4. Abnormal Psychology in the U.S.S.R. 109
Pavlov's Theory 112
Treatment 120
Summary 123
References 124
CHAPTER 5. Soviet Psycholinguistics 126
History and Theory 126
Semantic Conditioning 131
''Abruptness" and Human Conditioning 135
Ontogenetic Development of Speech Functions 139
Ontogenetic Development of Language 150
Inner Speech in Thinking and Listening 157
Other Areas 160
References 162
CHAPTER 6. Studies on the Mental Development of the Child 169
Development and Education 170
Two Methods of Study 172
Types of Activity 174
The Growth of Intellectual Operations 176
The Development of Voluntary Movements 184
A Final Comment 190
References 191
CHAPTER 7. Contemporary Soviet Psychology 195
The 1963 Literary Harvest 195
Soviet Psychologists meet in Leningrad 198
Industrial Psychology 200
Conclusion 207
References 212
Index 216

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 22.10.2013
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Lexikon / Chroniken
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Allgemeine Psychologie
• Themenwelt: Recht / Steuern ► Privatrecht / Bürgerliches Recht ► Zivilverfahrensrecht
• Themenwelt: Technik ► Bauwesen
• ISBN-10: 1-4831-4857-2 / 1483148572
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4831-4857-1 / 9781483148571