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Classics in the History of Psychology An effort to make the full texts of a large number of historically significant public domain documents from the scholarly literature of psychology and allied disciplines available on the World Wide Web.. The site also contains links to over 100 relevant works (included in the list below) posted at other sites (in italics). Authors-page.
Psychology: list of psychology authors.
- Professional Authors, Alphabetical:
Achad Frater
- The Egyptian Revival: or, The Evercoming Son in the Light of the Tarot (illustrated HTML at one.net)
- Q.B.L., or, The Bride's Reception (illustrated HTML at one.net)
- The Anatomy of the Body of God, Being the Supreme Revelation of Cosmic Consciousness (illustrated HTML at one.net)
Ackerman, F. L., Ward, H., Hubbert, M. K., & Hitchcock, D. (1933). Introduction to technocracy. John Day.
Adler, Alfred. (1931). What life should mean to you (Chapter 2: "Mind and body"). .
Abercrombie, John Inquiries Concerning the Intellectual Powers, and the Investigation of Truth (page images at MOA)
Allen, James
- As a Man Thinketh: HTML with commentary at telepath.com
text at Wiretap
Angell, James Rowland & Moore, Addison W. (1896). Studies from the psychological laboratory of the University of Chicago: 1. Reaction-Time: A study in attention and habit. Psychological Review, 3, 245-258. (George's Page.) [Cited by Dewey as the first study in functionalist psychology.]
Angell, James R.
- (1903). The relation of structural and functional psychology to philosophy. Decennial publications of the University of Chicago (First Series, Vol. 3, pp. 55-73). (George's Page)
- (1906). Psychology (3rd edition). (George's Page). [The major textbook on early 20th-century functionalism.]
Aquinas, Thomas. (ca. 1270). Summa theologica. (New Advent). [The most important philosophical work of the High Middle Ages. See especially Questions 75-102 of the First Part ("Man").]
Aristotle.
- (ca. 350 BC). Ethics. (Internet Classics Archive at MIT). [Probably the second most important of "The Philosopher's" works, from a psychological point of view.]
- (ca. 350 BC). On dreams. (Internet Classics Archive at MIT). [A minor work, but none the less interesting psychologically.]
- (ca. 350 BC). On sense and the sensible. (Internet Classics Archive at MIT).
- (ca. 350 BC). On the soul. (Internet Classics Archive at MIT).
Augustine of Hippo.
- (ca. 400). Confessions and Enchiridion. (Internet Christian Library). [Some of the most important work by the most influential philosopher of early Christianity.]
- (ca. 400). Confessions. (New Advent). [One of the most important works by the most influential philosopher of early Christianity.]
- (ca. 400). On the trinity (Christian Classics Ethereal Library, Wheaton College). [See especially Book IX on the nature of the mind.]
- (ca. 400). A treatise on the soul and its origin. (New Advent). [From the most influential philosopher of early Christinaity.]
Babbage, Charles.
- (1832). Reflections on the decline of science in England, and on some of its causes. (Project Gutenberg). [Babbage's critique of the Royal Society, and plea for a less aristocratic brand of science.]
- (1832). The economy of machinery and manufactures. (McMaster University Archive for the History of Economic Thought). [The most important work of the inventor of the Difference Engine and the Analytical Engine.]
Bacon, Francis.
- (1620). Novum organum. (Philosophie Sommaire, Académie de Toulouse). [downloadable in RTF.]
- (1660) The new Atlantis. (Philosophie Sommaire, Académie de Toulouse). [downloadable in RTF.]
Bacon, Roger. (1268). On experimental science. (Internet Medieval Sourcebook, Paul Halsall at Fordham U.). [From the leading experimenter of the Middle Ages.]
Baldwin, James Mark.
- (1913). History of psychology: A sketch and an interpretation. London: Watts. [One of the most influential pre-Boring history of psychology textbooks.]
- (1930). Autobiography of James Mark Baldwin. In C. Murchison (Ed.), History of psychology in autobiography (Vol. 1, pp. 1-30). Worcester, MA: Clark University Press. [The great developmentalist's own summary of his life's work.]
- 5, 172-179. [An account of an early attempt at what we would now call intelligence testing.]
- (1896). A new factor in evolution. American Naturalist 30, 441-451, 536-553. (George's Page). [The source for the "Baldwin effect" in evolutionary theory.]
- (1896). Consciousness and evolution. Psychological Review 3, 300-309. (George's Page).
- (1906). Mental development in the child and the race (3rd. ed.). (George's Page). [From the most important developmental psychologist of the early 20th century.].
Baldwin, James Mark, Cattell, James McKeen, & Jastrow, Joseph. (1898). Physical and mental tests. Psychological Review,
Bandura, Albert, Ross, Dorothea, & Ross, Sheila A. (1961). Transmisssion of aggressions through imitation of aggressive models. Journal of Abnormal and Social Psychology, 63, 575-582. [One of the classic "Bobo Doll" studies of the imitation by children of aggressive behavior.]
Bateson, G. [See N. Miller et al. (1941).]
Bergson, Henri. (1911). Creative evolution (Arthur Mitchell, Trans.). (George's Page)
Berkeley, George.
- (1732). An essay towards a new theory of vision (4th ed.). (First edition published 1709) [From the purest of the British empiricists.]
- (1710). A treatise concerning the principles of human knowledge. (Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy). [British empiricism at perhaps its most pure.]
- (1710). A treatise concerning the principles of human knowledge (sec. 1-81). . [British empiricism at perhaps its most pure.]
Binet, Alfred.
- (1916). New methods for the diagnosis of the intellectual level of subnormals. In E. S. Kite (Trans.), The development of intelligence in children. Vineland, NJ: Publications of the Training School at Vineland. (Originally published 1905 in L'Année Psychologique, 12, 191-244.) [Description of Binet's approach in intelligence testing, and of the original version of the most influential of all intelligence tests.]
- Introduction to Binet (1905/1916) by Henry L. Minton.
- Commentary on Binet (1905/1916) and Terman (1916) by Henry L. Minton.
Blavatsky, Helena Petrovna Studies in Occultism by (HTML at TUP)
°C. George Boeree: "Personality Theories :"This electronic textbook by ("e-text") includes pages on most of the major personality theorists.. Table of Contents:
- Introduction (30k)
- Sigmund Freud (59k)
- Anna Freud (7k)
- Erik Erikson (48k)
- Carl Jung (50k)
- Otto Rank (8k)
- Alfred Adler (44k)
- Karen Horney (19k)
- Erich Fromm (28k)
- B. F. Skinner (21k)
- Hans Eysenck (and others) (34k)
- Albert Bandura (19k)
- Gordon Allport (17k)
- George Kelly (48k)
- Snygg and Combs (9k)
- Abraham Maslow (25k)
- Carl Rogers (25k)
- Ludwig Binswanger (39k)
- Medard Boss (7k)
- Viktor Frankl (12k)
- Rollo May (11k)
Boring, Edwin G. (1929). The psychology of controversy. Psychological Review, 36, 97-121. [Boring's 1928 APA Presidential Address about past controversy in psychology.]
Breland, Keller & Breland, Marian. (1961). The misbehavior of organisms. American Psychologist, 16, 681-684. [Classic critique of the assumptions underlying radical behaviorism.]
- Brett, George S.(1922). Psychology in the university. Univeristy of Toronto Monthly, , 298-300.
- (1929). Introduction to psychology. Toronto: Macmillan of Canada. [A short textbook by the famed historian of psychology.]
Brentano, Franz. (1874). Psychology from an empirical standpoint (sec I. "The concept and purpose of psychology"). . [From the primary advocate of intentionality as the primary "mark of the mental." Titchner considered him to be Wundt's most important opponent.]
Bridgman, Percy. (1927). The logic of modern physics (Introduction, portion of Chapter 1). . [The origin of "operationism" and "operational definitions."]
Broca, Paul
- (1861a). Perte de la parole, ramollissement chronique et destruction partielle du lobe antérieur gauche du cerveau Bulletin de la Société Anthropologique, 2, 235-238. [The initial report of Broca's famous patient, "Tan," and the localization of speech in the left frontal lobe.]
- English translation of Broca's Loss of speech, chronic softening and partial destruction of the anterior left lobe of the brain by C. D. Green.
- (1861b). Remarques sur le siége de la faculté du langage articulé, suivies d'une observations d'aphémie (perte de la parole) Bulletin de la Société Anatomique, 6, 330-357. [The complete report on the state of "Tan's" brain, and Broca's argument for the fcaulty of spoken language being localized in the left frontal lobe.]
- English translation of Broca's Remarks on the Seat of the Faculty of Articulated Language, Following an Observation of Aphemia (Loss of Speech) by C. D. Green.
(Nieuw) ° Brown, Junius F. (1937). Psychoanalysis, Topological Psychology and Experimental Psychopathology: Originally published in: Psychoanal. Quarterly, 6, (1937), pp. 227-237. (The Gestalt Archive). [From one of the associates of Gestalt psychology co-founder Kurt Lewin.]
Bruner, Jerome S. & Goodman, Cecile C. (1947). Value and need as organizing factors in perception. Journal of Abnormal and Social Psychology, 42, 33-44. [Famous "New Look" study in which impoverished children over-estimate the sizes of coins.]
Bruner, Jerome S. & Postman, Leo. (1949). On the perception of incongruity: A paradigm. Journal of Personality, 18, 206-223. [Famous "New Look" study in which black hearts on playing cards were seen as being red.]
Buchner, Edward Franklin. (1903). A quarter century of psychology in America: 1878-1903. American Journal of Psychology, 14, 666-680.
George Lincoln Burr: Narratives of the Witchcraft Cases, 1648-1706, ed. by (HTML at Virginia)
Calkins, Mary Whiton.
- (1892). Experimental Psychology at Wellesley College. American Journal of Psychology, 5, 464-271.
- (1896a). Association: An essay analytic and experimental. Psychological Review Monographs Supplement, 1 (2). [The origin of the paired associates learning procedure by the first woman President of the APA.]
- (1896b). Community of ideas of men and women. Psychological Review, 3, 426-430. [Reply to Jastrow (1896).]
- (1906). A reconciliation between structural and functional psychology. Psychological Review, 8, 61-81. [Calkins' APA Presidential Address.]
- (1908a). Psychology as science of self. I: Is the self body Or has it body?. Journal of Philosophy, Psychology and Scientific Methods, 5, 12-20.
- (1908b). Psychology as science of self. II: The nature of the self. Journal of Philosophy, Psychology and Scientific Methods, 5, 64-68.
- (1908c). Psychology as science of self. III: The Description of Consciousness. Journal of Philosophy, Psychology and Scientific Methods, 5, 113-122.
- (1915). The self in scientific psychology. American Journal of Psychology, 26, 495-524.
- (1930). Autobiography of Mary Whiton Calkins. In C. Murchison (Ed.), History of psychology in autobiography (Vol. 1, pp. 31-62). Worcester, MA: Clark University Press. [The first woman APA President's own summary of her life's work.]
Caris, John Foundation for a New Consciousness: An Essay on Art, Science and Religion (illustrated HTML at Westgate House)
Carlsmith, James M. [See Festinger & Carlsmith (1959).]
Cattell, James McKeen.
- (1886a). The time taken up by cerebral operations, Parts 1 & 2. Mind, 11, 220-242.
- (1886b). The time taken up by cerebral operations, Part 3. Mind, 11, 377-392.
- (1887). The time taken up by cerebral operations, Part 4. Mind, 11, 524-538.
- (1888). The psychological laboratory at Leipsic. Mind, 13, 37-51. [English-language report on the activities at Wundt's lab during the 1880s by one who was there.]
- (1898). The psychological laboratory. Psychological Review, 5, 655-658. [A reply to Titchener, 1898.]
- (1890). Mental tests and measurements. Mind, 15, 373-381. [An account of one of the first attempts at what we would now call intelligence testing.]
- (1928). Early psychological laboratories. Science, 67, 543- 548.
- (1943). The founding of the Association and of the Hopkins and Clark Laboratories. Psychological Review, 50, 61-64.
- [See also Baldwin, Cattell, & Jastrow (1898).]
Chomsky, Noam.
- 1959). A Review of B. F. Skinner's Verbal Behavior. Language, 35, 26-58. (CogPrints)
- (1968). Language and mind ("Linguistic contributions to the study of mind (Future)"). . [From the most influential linguist of the 20th century. Chomsky ranks as the most cited living human being.]
Clark, Kenneth B. & Clark, Mamie K. (1939). The development of consciousness of self and the emergence of racial identification in negro preschool children. Journal of Social Psychology, S.P.S.S.I. Bulletin, 10, 591-599. [One of the first studies in the psychology of race, by two of the first major African-American psychologists.]
- (1940). Skin color as a factor in racial identification of negro preschool children. Journal of Social Psychology, S.P.S.S.I. Bulletin, 11, 159-169. [One of the first studies in the psychology of race, by two of the first major African-American psychologists.]
Clark, Mamie K. [See K.B. Clark & M.K. Clark (1939, 1940).]
Clifford, W. K. (1886). The ethics of belief. (A.J. Burger). [Prime statement of 19th-century positivism: "It is wrong everywhere and for anyone, to believe anything upon insufficient evidence."]
Creighton, J. E. (1902). The purposes of a philosophical association. Philosophical Review, 11, 219-237. [Inaugural Presidential Address of the American Philosophical Association.]
Melba Colgrove, Harold Bloomfield, and Peter McWilliams: How to Survive the Loss of a Love by (HTML at mcwilliams.com)
Combe, George.
- (1834). Elements of phrenology. (The Brontës and Phrenology, Peter Friesen, Plattsburgh State University of New York). [Very popoular antebellum American textbook on phrenology.]
- The Constitution of Man (8th edition, 1847) by George Combe (HTML with commentary in the UK)
Comte, Auguste. (1830-1841/1855).
- The positive philosophy of Auguste Comte (Harriet Martineau, Ed. & Trans.). (Central Connecticut State University Honors Program). [Abridged translation of Cours de philosophie positive by the 19th-century British activist that Comte is said to have preferred to his own work.]
- (1856). A general view of positivism (portion of Chapter 1). . [The source of positivism.]
Condillac, Étienne Bonnot de.
- (1746). Essai sur l'origine des connoissances humaines. (Bibliothèque Nationale de France).
- (1754). Traité des sensations. (Philosophie Sommaire, Académie de Toulouse). [downloadable in RTF.]
Condorcet, Jean-Antoine-Nicolas de Caritat, marquis de, (1793-1794). Esquisse d'un tableau historique des progrès de l'esprit humain. (McMaster University Archive for the History of Economic Thought).
Cooley, Charles Horton. (1909). Social organization: A study of the larger mind. (George's Page) [From one of the leading American social-psychological theorists of the early 20th century.]
Cronbach, Lee J. (1957).
- The two disciplines of scientific psychology. American Psychologist, 12, 671-684. [Famous attempt to reconcile the aims experimental and correlational psychology.]
- Cronbach, Lee J. & Meehl, Paul E. (1955). Construct validity in psychological tests. Psychological Bulletin, 52, 281-302. [The origin of the term "construct validity"]
Crowley, Aleister
- Magick in Theory and Practice (HTML at speakeasy.org)
- Magick Without Tears (HTML at speakeasy.org)
- The Book of the Law (HTML at speakeasy.org)
- The Equinox (partial serial archives)
Cuvier, Georges (1825). Discourse on the revolutionary upheavals on the surface of the globe and on the changes which they have produced in the animal kingdom. (Johnstonia) [Important precursor to Darwin's
Darwin, Charles. (1874). The descent of man. Part One: Descent or Origin of Man (ch. 1-7). (2nd ed.). Originally published in London by J. Murray. [Darwin's argument that humans descended from apes.]
- (1877). A biographical sketch of an infant. Mind, 2, 285-294. [Early evolutionary look at child development.]
- (1859). On the origin of species by means of natural selection, or the preservation of favoured races in the struggle for life. (Project Gutenberg). [The origin of the theory of evolution by natural selection.]
- (1871). The descent of man. (infidels.org). [The extension of the theory of evolution by natural selection to humans.]
- (1872). The expression of the emotions in man and animals. (George's Page). [First treatise on the evolutionary origins of emotional expression.]
- (1872). The expression of the emotions in man and animals. (Project Gutenberg). [First treatise on the evolutionary origins of emotional expression.].
Day, Henry Noble: Elements of Psychology (page images at MOA)
Descartes, René.
- (1637). Discourse on the method of rightly conducting the reason, and seeking truth in the sciences. (Against All Reason web site). [One of the founders of modern philosophy sets out his method of inquiry, proving that God and the human soul exist along the way. See especially Discourse 4.]
- (1637). Discourse on the method of rightly conducting the reason, and seeking truth in the sciences. (Project Gutenberg). [One of the founders of modern philosophy sets out his method of inquiry, proving that God and the human soul exist along the way. See especially Discourse 4.]
- (1637). Discourse on the method of rightly conducting the reason, and seeking truth in the sciences. (Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy). [One of the founders of modern philosophy sets out his method of inquiry, proving that God and the human soul exist along the way. See especially Discourse 4.]
- (1637). Discourse on the method of rightly conducting the reason, and seeking truth in the sciences. . [One of the founders of modern philosophy sets out his method of inquiry, proving that God and the human soul exist along the way. See especially Discourse 4.]
- (1637). Discours de la méthode (in original French). (ABU: la Bibliothèque Universelle).
- (1641). Meditations on first philosophy. (Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy). [Descartes proves once again the necessity of the human soul. See especially the Meditation 2.]
- 1641). Les meditations (in original French). (ABU: la Bibliothèque Universelle).
- (1649). Passions of the soul. (Descartes Web Site, Claremont Graduate University Department of Philosophy, CA). [On-line English translation incomplete as yet. Descartes' primary exposition of the human soul; where he develops his theory mind-body interaction.]
De Varigny, M. Henry. (1894). Le laboratoire de psychologie expérimentale de l'Université de Madison. Revue Scientifique, vol. 1, tome 1, 624-629. [The single most detailed contemporary report of Jastrow's psychology exhibit at the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago.]
English translation of De Varigny's The experimental psychology laboratory at the University of Madison by C.D. Green.
Dewey, John.
- (1894). The ego as cause. Philosophical Review, 3, 337-341.
- . (1896) The reflex arc concept in psychology. Psychological Review, 3, 357-370. [The article that defined the modern concept of the reflex.]
- (1886). The psychological standpoint. Mind, 11, 1-19. (George's Page)
- (1886). Psychology as philosophic method. Mind, 11, 153-173. (George's Page)
- (1894). The theory of emotion I: Emotional attitudes. (George's Page). [From one of the founders of American functionalism.]
- D(1895). The theory of emotion II: The significance of emotions. (George's Page). [From one of the founders of American functionalism.]
- (1910). How we think. (George's Page). [From one of the founders of American functionalism.]
- (1916). Democracy and education. (Project Gutenberg). [One of the most influential works in American educational theory.]
- (1932). Philosophy's search for the immutable, Chapter 2 of The question of certainty. . [From one of the founders of American functionalism.]
(Dutch)° René Diekstra Site.
Dilthey, Wilhelm. (1883). Introduction to the human sciences (Preface). . [From the leading advocate of hermeneutics and "human science" in the 19th century.]
Dodson, John D. [See Yerkes & Dodson (1908).]
Doyle, Arthur Conan
- The New Revelation HTML at Virginia
- The Vital Message (HTML at Virginia)
- Gutenberg text
Daniel Druckman and Robert A. Bjork ed.: Learning, Remembering, Believing: Enhancing Human Performance, (page images at NAP)
Daniel Druckman and John A. Swets: Enhancing Human Performance: Issues, Theories, Techniques, ed. (page images at NAP)
Du Bois, W.E.B. (1903). The souls of black folk. (Project Gutenberg). [From an important early advocate of agitation and protest to improve the lot of African-Americans. Major opponent of Booker T. Washinton's "accomodationist" strategy.]
Theron Q. Dumont: The Power of Concentration by
- HTML at Virginia
- Gutenberg text
° Duncker, Karl (1941). On Pleasure, Emotion, and Striving: Originally published in: Philosophical and Phenomenological Research, 1, (1941/42), pp. 391-430. (The Gestalt Archive). [From one of the main figures in Gestalt psychology.]
Dunlap, Knight. (1912). The case against introspection. Psychological Review, 19, 404-413.
Ebbinghaus, Hermann.
- (1913). Memory: A contribution to experimental psychology (Henry A. Ruger & Clara E. Bussenius, Trans.). Originally published in New York by Teachers College, Columbia University. (Original German work Über das Gedächtnis published 1885). [The most important work on memory in the 19th century; originated the use of nonsense syllables.]
- Introduction to Ebbinghaus (1885/1913) by Robert H. Wozniak.
Edge, Henry T.
- The Universal Mystery-Language and Its Interpretation (revised edition, 1997) (HTML at TUP)
- The Universal Mystery-Language and Its Interpretation (illustrated HTML at TUP)
- Theosophical Light on the Christian Bible (HTML at theosophy-nw.org)
Epictetus. (
- ca. 100). Discourses. (Internet Classics Archive at MIT). [Introduction to Roman Stoic thought.]
- (ca. 100). Enchiridion (Handbook). (Internet Classics Archive at MIT). [Very brief introduction to Roman Stoicism.]
Euclid. (ca. 300 BC). Elements. (David Joyce of Clark U., MA) [The first treatise on geometry.]
Eysenck, Hans J. (1957). The effects of psychotherapy: An evaluation. Journal of Consulting Psychology, 16, 319-324. [Classic empirical critique of the effectiveness of psychotherapy.]
Fechner, Gustav Theodor (1860). Elements of psychophysics, Sections VII ("Measurement of sensation") and XIV ("The fundamental formula and the measurement formula") (Trans. by Herbert S. Langfeld, first appearing in B. Rand (Ed.) (1912), The classical psychologists). [The document in which originated "Fechner's Law".]
- Introduction to Fechner (1860) by Robert H. Wozniak.
Fell-Smith,Charlotte : John Dee (1527-1608) (illustrated HTML and PDF at johndee.org)
Fernberger, Samuel W. (1932). The American Psychological Association: A historical summary, 1892-1930. Psychological Bulletin, 29, 1-89.
- (1943). The American Psychological Association 1892-1942. Psychological Review, 50, 33-60.
Festinger, Leon & Carlsmith, James M. (1959). Cognitive consequences of forced compliance. Journal of Abnormal and Social Psychology, 58, 203-210. [Famous empirical confirmation of Cognitive Dissonance theory, in which subjects reported liking boring tasks more if they were paid less.]
Fisher, Ronald A. (1925). Statistical methods for research workers. Originally published in London by Oliver and Boyd. [Contains the first textbook presentation of Analysis of Variance.]
Fowler, O. S. : The Self-Instructor in Phrenology and Physiology (page images at MOA)
Franz, Shepherd Ivory. (1912). New phrenology. Science, N.S. 35 (No. 896), 321-328. [Important critique of the hypothesis of the localization of cerebral function.]
Freud, Sigmund.:
- (renewed) Freud Resources: Anlink list to f Freud resources on the web..
- (1886-1939). Abstracts of the standard edition of the psychological works of Sigmund Freud. (New York Freudian Society).
- (1932a). The anatomy of the mental personality, Lecture XXXI. . [Includes the famous drawing of the id, ego, and superego.]
- (1932b). A philosophy of life, Lecture XXXV. . [From the founder of psychoanalysis.]
- (Dutch) De Ik-splijting van de man Mozes en de inscheuring in zijn Ik : een commentaar bij Freuds Mozeswerk, zijn Ik-splijtingstekst en de Wolfmancasus A commentary on Freud's work on Moses, his text on the splitting of the Ego and the case of the Wolf Man. (1913). The interpretation of dreams (3^rd ed.). (A. A. Brill, Trans.). Originally published in New York by Macmillan.(Original German work published 1900.) [The classic psychoanalytic work on dreams.]
  - The Interpretation of Dreams (3rd edition) by Sigmund Freud.
    - HTML at Psych Web
    - HTML at Bibliomania
- (1914). The psychopathology of everyday life. (A. A. Brill, Trans.). Originally published in London by T. Fisher Unwin. (Original German work published 1901.) [The classic psychoanalytic account of the underlying meaning of slips of the tongue, forgotten names, etc.]
- Psychopathology of Everyday Life by Sigmund Freud, trans. by A. A. Brill (HTML at York)
- (1910). The origin and development of psychoanalysis. American Journal of Psychology, 21, 181-218. [Freud's lectures at Clark University; the introduction of psychoanalysis to North America.]
- Introduction to Freud (1910) by Raymond E. Fancher
- Commentary on Freud (1910) by Raymond E. Fancher.
- (1917). The history of the psychoanalytic movement (A. A. Brill, Trans.). Originally published in New York by the Nervous and Mental Disease Pub. Co. (Original German work published 1914.) [Freud's own account of the development of the institutions of psychoanalysis, and of his splits with Adler and with Jung.]
- A Young Girl's Diary .(Freud wrote the introduction).
- * Sigmund Freud, "The Structure of the Unconscious": An excerpt from Freud's writings about the unconscious.
- Sigmund Freud - the Father of Psychoanalysis Sigmund Freud on psychoanalysis and Vienna: Sigmund Freud,
- °Freudnet of the New York Psychoanalytic society (Brill-library). Collected resources.
- EBIG Freudpage (links).
- Freud and the Scientific Method by Paul Rosenfels (HTML at the English Server)
- °Conflict, Freud &Culture : an informative site from the library of Congres on .1 Formative Years - 2. The Individual: Therapy and Theory 3. From the Individual to Society
- (New) Oedipus Redivivus Freud, Jung and PsychoanalysisDouglas: article by A. Davis1 of the Haverford College
- ° Sigmund Freud (59k) infopage: by C. G.Boeree.
- ° Dr. W. Boyd Spencer's Freud Outline
- °The Museum, The Library and Archives.
- Time Magazine: the 100 most important people of the century: Sigmund Freud page (written by Peter Gay) inclucing an audiosample of Freud saying:" People did not believe in my facts, and thougt my theories unsavoury, In the end I succeeded, but the struggle is not yet over".
- ° The Psychoanalytic Connection: A clearinghouse of information on the study of mind and human behavior.
- Links: ° Freudian Links | All the Links | Email | Forums | Journals | Groups | Papers Plus | Audio Visual | Web Sites | Freudians | Link Lists | Bibliographies | Books | Courses | Recommended | Thinka Links.
°Viktor Frankl: Links
Fullerton, Hugh S. (1921). Why Babe Ruth is greatest home-run hitter. Popular Science Monthly, 99 (4), 19-21, 110. [Popular article about Babe Ruth getting worked over in the Columbia University psychology laboratory.]
Galen.
- (ca. 175). On the natural faculties. (Internet Classics Archive at MIT). [The state of the art in Ancient Roman medical knowledge.]
- (ca. 175). On diagnosis from dreams. (Ancient Medicine/Medicina Antiqua). [The state of the art in Ancient Roman medical knowledge.]
- (ca. 175). On Hippocrates' "On the nature of man". (Ancient Medicine/Medicina Antiqua).
- (ca. 175). "On the elements" according to Hippocrates. (Ancient Medicine/Medicina Antiqua).
Gall, Franz Joseph. (1798). Letter from Dr. F. J. Gall, to Joseph Fr[eiherr] von Retzer, upon the Functions of the Brain, in Man and Animals. (The History of Phrenology on the Web) [Gall's first public statement of 'organology'.]
Galton, Francis.
- (1865). Hereditary talent and character. Macmillan's Magazine, 12, 157-166, 318-327.
- Introduction to Galton's Hereditary genius (1869) by Robert H. Wozniak.
- (1875). History of twins. Human Faculty and its Development (pp. 155-173). [The original psychological twins study.(1880).
- Statistics of mental imagery. Mind, 5, 301-318.
- (1864-1865). Hereditary character and talent. (Pictures of Health). [From the founder of eugenics.]
- (1874). Engliosh men of science. (galton.org).
- (1892). Hereditary genius (2nd ed.). (galton.org).
- (1907). Inquiries into human faculty and its development (2nd ed.). (galton.org).
- (1908). Memories of my life. (galton.org).
Garvey, C. R. (1929). List of American psychology laboratories. Psychological Bulletin, 26, 652-660.
Geller, Uri
- Uri Geller, My Story (HTML in the UK)
- The Geller Effect by Uri Geller and Guy Lyon Playfair (illustrated HTML in the UK)
- Uri: A Journal of the Mystery of Uri Geller by Andrija Puharich (HTML in the UK)
Caroline Howard Gilman: Oracles from the Poets: A Fanciful Diversion for the Drawing-Room (page images at MOA).
Gibson, J.J.. (1955). Perception as a function of stimulation, with glosses by U. T. Place. (Cognitive Questions).
° Gleitmans Psychology: An Internet Webbook (requires password) only 2nd chapter demo on the nervous system, to PSYCHOLOGY by Henry Gleitman .
Goddard, Henry Herbert. (1913). The Kallikak family: A study in the heredity of feeble-mindedness. [A major influence on the early 20th-century eugenics movement.]
Godwin, William.
- (1793). Enquiry concerning political justice. (McMaster University Archive for the History of Economic Thought).
- (1831). Thoughts on man, his nature, productions, and discoveries. (Anarchist Archives by Dana Ward). [Important discussions of mind and body, human nature, and phrenology by a significant English anarchist and proto-Romantic (and the father of Mary Shelly).]
Ben Goertzel: The Structure of Intelligence: A New Mathematical Model of Mind (HTML at goertzel.org)
Goodman, Cecile C. [See Bruner & Goodman (1947).]
Gordon, Kate. (1905). Wherein should the education of a woman differ from that of a man. School Review, 13, 789-794. [Contemporary critique of G.S. Hall's Adolescence
Griffith, Coleman R. (1921). Some neglected aspects of a history of psychology. Psychological Monographs, 30, 17-29. [A call for a history of experimental psychology from the recognized founder of sports pysychology.]
Griffith, Coleman R. (1922). Contributions to the history of psychology -- 1916-1921. Psychological Bulletin, 19, 411-428. [A report on the state of the art in history of psychology up to the end of World War I.]
Guthrie, Edwin R. (1946). Psychological facts and psychological theory. Psychological Bulletin, 43, 1-20. [Guthrie's APA Presidential address.]
Hall, G. Stanley.
- (1879). Philosophy in the United States. Mind, 4, 89-105. [Hall's scathing critique of the state of American philosophy in the 1870s.]
- (1885). The new psychology. Andover Review, 3, 120-135, 239-248.
- (1904). Adolescent girls and their education. From Adolescence: Its psychology and its relations to physiology, anthropology, sociology, sex, crime, religion, and education (Vol. 2, Chapter 17).
Harlow, Harry F. (1958). The nature of love. American Psychologist, 13, 573-685. [Harlow's APA Presidential Address about his research on the the importance of contact comfort in monkey infants.]
Hartmann, G. W. [See N. Miller et al. (1941).]
Harvey, O. J. [See M. Sherif et al. (1954/1961).]
Harvey, William. (1628). On the motion of the heart and blood in animals. (Internet History of Science Sourcebook, Edited by Paul Halsall of Fordham University).
Harvey-Stout,James : Books to Download -- for Happiness and Success : based on Jungian psychology with a serious respect for modern New Age spirituality this author offers: "The H uman Handbook" a free e-book consisting of several books about Dreams, Meditation, Internet marketing and Archetypal Fierlds. The author deceased and his work are now free available at the Internet Cemetery. With a directory for psychology and personal growth and New Age spiritual sites.
John B. Hasted: The Metal-Benders (HTML in the UK)
Haven,:Joseph Mental Philosophy: Including the Intellect, Sensibilities, and Will (page images at MOA).
Hofmann, Albert: LSD, My Problem Child y (text at Wiretap)
Hebb, Donald O. (1955). Drives and the C.N.S. (conceptual nervous system). Psychological Review, 62, 243-254. [Important statement of the theory of the optimal level of function.]
Hegel, G.W.F. (1807). Phenomenology of mind. (J. Carl Mickelsen of U. Idaho). [The most important treatise of one of the most important post-Kantian philosophers.]
Heider, Fritz. (1946). Attitudes and cognitive organization. Journal of Psychology, 21, 107-112. [Famous article on Balance Theory.]
Heline Corinne: The Bible: Wonder Book of the Ages (HTML at rosicrucian.com)
Helmholtz, Hermann.
- (1863). Conservation of force. (Internet History of Science Sourcebook). [The paper that proved the impossibilty of the immaterial mind.]
- (1878). The facts of perception. . [One of the most important papers by one of the most important scientists (and neo-Kantians) of the 19th century.]
- (1925). Treatise on physiological optics (Vol. 3; J.P.C. Southell, Trans., from the 3rd German ed., 1910). (Benjamin Backus, U. Pennsylvaina).
Max Heindel
- Ancient and Modern Initiation (illustrated HTML at rosicrucian.com)
- Etheric Vision and What It Reveals by A Student (HTML at rosicrucian.com)
- Compiled Information Concerning Archetypes, From the Writings of Max Heindel (HTML at rosicrucian.com)
- The Desire Body (HTML at rosicrucian.com)
- Max Heindel's Letters to Students, December 1910 to January 1919, Inclusive (HTML at rosicrucian.com)
- Freemasonry and Catholicism (HTML at rosicrucian.com)
- The Rosicrucian Cosmo-Conception (28th edition)(illustrated HTML at rosicrucian.com)
- The Rosicrucian Christianity Lectures (illustrated HTML at rosicrucian.com)
- The Rosicrucian Mysteries (illustrated HTML at rosicrucian.com)
- The Rosicrucian Principles of Child Training (HTML at rosicrucian.com)
- The Rosicrucian Philosophy in Questions and Answers
  - volume I: illustrated HTML at rosicrucian.com
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- Teachings of an Initiate (HTML at rosicrucian.com)
- The Vital Body (HTML at rosicrucian.com)
- The Web of Destiny (HTML at rosicrucian.com)
- The Message of the Stars by Max Heindel and Augusta Foss Heindel (illustrated HTML at rosicrucian.com)
- Simplified Scientific Astrology (illustrated HTML at rosicrucian.com)
- Astro-Diagnosis: A Guide to Healing by Max Heindel and Augusta Foss Heindel (HTML at rosicrucian.com)
- Nature Spirits and Nature Forces (HTML at rosicrucian.com)
Henle, Mary. (1975). Gestalt psychology and Gestalt therapy. (The Gestalt Archive). [A repudiation of Fritz Perls' "Gestalt therapy" by one of the leaders of Gestalt psychology.]
Herbart, J. F. (1877). Possibility and necessity of applying mathematics in psychology (H. Haanel, Trans.). Journal of Speculative Philosophy, 11, 251-264.
Laurens P. Hickok: Empirical Psychology: or, The Human Mind as Given in Consciousness (page images at MOA)
Hindman Miller, Gustavus :
- Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted: or, What's In a Dream (Gutenberg text)
- What's In a Dream: A Scientific and Practical Interpretation of Dreams by Gustavus Hindman Miller (illustrated HTML at Virginia)
Hippocrates. (ca. 400 BC?). Many texts including "On injuries of the head" and "On the sacred disease" Internet Classics Archive at MIT. [State of the art medical thought in Ancient Greece.]
Hobbes, Thomas.
- (1640). The elements of law natural and politic. (McMaster University Archive for the History of Economic Thought). [See especially Part I: "On Human Nature."]
- (1650). Leviathan. (Secular Web). [The most important work of the 17th-century's most influential British philosopher. Argues that human thought and feeling is nothing but "calculation," 300 years before the invention of the computer.]
- (1650). Leviathan (Chapters 1-5). . [From the most important work of the 17th-century's most influential British philosopher. Argues that human thought and feeling is nothing but "calculation," 300 years before the invention of the computer.]
Holland, Norman N. The I by (HTML amt ufl.edu).
Hollingworth, Leta S.
- (1914a). Functional periodicity: An experimental study of the mental and motor abilities of women during menstruation.
- (1914b). Variability as related to sex differences in achievement: A critique. American Journal of Sociology, 19, 510-530.
- (1916). Social devices for impelling women to bear and rear children. American Journal of Sociology, 22, 19-29. [Argues that social control is more important that "maternal instinct" in leading women to motherhood.]
- (1922). Differential action upon the sexes of forces which tend to segregate the feebleminded. Journal of Abnormal Psychology & Social Psychology, 17, 35-57.
Hood, William R. [See M. Sherif et al. (1954/1961).]
Howes, Ethel Puffer. (1922). Accepting the universe. Atlantic Monthly, 129, 444-453.
Hull, Clark L.
- (1934a). The concept of the habit-family hierarchy and maze learning: Part I. Psychological Review, 41, 33-54.
- (1934b). The concept of the habit-family hierarchy and maze learning: Part II. Psychological Review, 41, 134-152.
- (1935). The conflicting psychologies of learning -- A way out. Psychological Review, 42, 491-516.
Hume, David.
- (1739). A treatise of human nature (Book I). (Hume Archives at U. Tennessee, Martin). [British scepticism and empiricism at its finest. Kant said it roused him from his "dogmatic slumber" to write the Critique of pure reason.]
- (1748). A enquiry concerning human understanding. (Hume Archives at U. Tennessee, Martin). [Famous mainly for the admonition that any book not containing empirical fact or mathematical reasoning should be "cast into the flames, for it can contain nothing but sophistry and illusion."]
- (1779). Dialogues concerning natural religion. (Hume Archives at U. Tennessee, Martin).
Hume, James Gibson.
- (1892). Physiological psychology. Minutes of the Twenty-First Annual Convention of the Ontario Teachers' Association, pp. 86-106. [Review and idealist critique of the state of scientific psychology in the 1890s by a charter member of the APA.]
- (1895). Psychology in the University of Toronto. Psychological Review, 2, 172. [Abstract of paper presented at the 1894 meeting of the American Psychological Association.]
- 1897). The practical value of psychology to the teacher. Toronto: George N. Morang. [Originally delivered before the Ontario Teachers' Association, Toronto, 1897.]
- (1898). Contributions of psychology to morality and religion. Psychological Review, 5, 162-163. [Abstract of paper presented at the 1897 meeting of the American Psychological Association.]
- (1909). The proper affiliation of psychology: With philosophy or the natural sciences. Psychological Bulletin, 6, 65-67. [Abstract of paper presented at the 1908 meeting of the Southern Society for Philosophy and Psychology.]
- (1909). The import of pragmatism for the hsitory of philosophy. Philosophical Review, 18, 176-177. [Abstract of paper presented at the 1908 meeting of the American Philosophical Association.]
- (1910). The significance of suicide. Philosophical Review, 19, 179-180. [Abstract of paper presented at the 1901 meeting of the American Philosophical Association.]
- (1916). Scientific truth and the scientific spirit. University of Toronto Monthly, 16, 443-445.
- (1922). Evolution and personality. In Philosophical essays presented to John Watson (pp. 298-330). Kingston, ON: Queen's University. [The long-time Toronto philosopher's major intellectual work.]
Husserl, Edmund. (1937a).
- The crisis of European sciences (Part II, sec. 22-27 on Locke, Berkeley, Hume, and Kant). . [A late work from the founder of phenomenology.]
- (1937b). The crisis of European sciences (Part IIIB: The Way into Phenomenological Transcendental Philosophy from Psychology. sec. 57-68. The fateful separation of transcendental philosophy and psychology.). . [A late work from the founder of phenomenology.]
Frances Hutcheson Remarks Upon the Fable of the Bees (HTML at McMaster)
Huxley, Thomas H. (1874). On the hypothesis that animals are automata, and its history. (The Huxley File).
James, William. (1884). What is an emotion? Mind, 9, 188-205. [The major statement of the James-Lange theory of emotion: "I see a bear, I run, I am afraid."]
- (1884). What is an emotion? Mind, 9, 188-205. [The major statement of the James-Lange theory of emotion: "I see a bear, I run, I am afraid."]
- (1890). The principles of psychology. [Perhaps the most important English-language psychology text in history.]
- Introduction to James (1890) by Robert H. Wozniak.
- (1892). The stream of consciousness. From Psychology (chapter XI). Cleveland & New York, World. [A somewhat shorter account of consciousness than that found in the full Principles.]
- (1904a). Does consciousness exist? Journal of Philosophy, Psychology, and Scientific Methods, 1, 477-491. [A later Jamesian account of consciousness.]
- Introduction to James (1904a, 1904b) by Eugene Taylor & Robert H. Wozniak.
- (1904b). A world of pure experience. Journal of Philosophy, Psychology, and Scientific Methods, 1, 533-543, 561-570. [James, the radical empiricist.]
- Introduction to James (1904a, 1904b) by Eugene Taylor & Robert H. Wozniak.
- (1907). The energies of men. Science, N.S. 25 (No. 635), 321-332. [James' Presidential Address to the American Philosophical Association.]
- William James Page American philosopher and psychologist (1842-1910). : (Emory University):
- *The Will to Believe,
- * The Varieties of Religious Experience..
- William James Bookstore :Inquiry into the nature and Power of Human Consciousness. dedicated to the pioneering spirit of America's first and greatest psychologist,. a great selection of books available in psychical research, parapsychology, human potential, consciousness research, transpersonal psychology, religious psychology, metaphysics and related areas of philosophy, psychology, health, science, business and spiritual culture.
- Many different texts including "The Ph.D. octopus" and "Pluralism, pragmatism, and instrumental truth": A Stroll with William James by Frank Pajares of Emory U.
- (1897). The will to believe. (Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy). [From the most influential American psychologist/philosopher of the 19th century.]
- (1899). Talks to teachers on psychology and to students on some of life's ideals. (A Stroll with William James).
- (1902). Varieties of religious experience. (Against All Reason web site) [From the most influential American psychologist/philosopher of the 19th century.]
- (1902). Varieties of religious experience. (Project Gutenberg) [From the most influential American psychologist/philosopher of the 19th century.]
- (1902). Varieties of religious experience. (Psych Web) [From the most influential American psychologist/philosopher of the 19th century.]
- (1904). The Chicago school. Psychological Bulletin, 1, 1-5. (George's Page).
- (1907). Pragmatism: A new name for some old ways of thinking. (George's Page).
- The Principles of Psychology (illustrated HTML at York)
- (1911). The meaning of truth. (George's Page)
- (1912). Essays in radical empiricism. (George's Page)
- Varieties of religious experience by William James Classic in the field of psychology and religion, first published in printed form in 1902. Digital edition of the Department of psychology of Georgia Southern University.
Janet, Pierre. (1930). Autobiography of Pierre Janet. In C. Murchison (Ed.), History of psychology in autobiography (Vol. 1, pp. 123-133). Worcester, MA: Clark University Press. [The great French psychiatrist's own summary of his life's work.]
Jastrow, Joseph..
- (1891). A study in mental statistics. New Review, 5, 559-568.
- (1893). The section of psychology. in M.P. Hardy (Ed.), Official Catalogue -- World's Columbian Exposition (Part. vii, pp. 50-60).
- (1896). Community of ideas of men and women. Psychological Review, 3, 68-71. [Reply to Nevers (1895).]
- (1935). Has psychology failed? American Scholar, 4, 261-269. [The founder of the Wisconsin psychology department gives his final evaluations of behaviorism and psychoanalysis, and proposes a psychology based on evolutionary theory.]
- [See Baldwin, Cattell, & Jastrow (1898).]
Jones, Mary Cover. (1924). A laboratory study of fear: The case of Peter. Pedagogical Seminary, 31, 308-315.
- Introduction to Jones (1924) by Alexandra Rutherford.
Jung, Carl G.
- (1910). The association method. American Journal of Psychology, 31, 219-269. [Introduction of Jungian psychology to North America; Jung's most important empirical work.]
- (1921/1923). General description of the types. Chapter 10 of Psychological types (H.G. Bayes, Trans.). (Original work published 1921) [Key chapter of Jung's major treatise on personality.]
- ° Analytical Psychology and Culture from the International Association for Analytical Psychology offering Jungian resources and more.
- °Jung Index: directory for Jung related sites over 300 resources.
- Jungweb: a site devoted to everything of analytical psychology.
- Carl Jung (50k) infopage by C.G. Boeree.
- * The Jung Page: C.G. Jung, Analytical Psychology, and Culture. Resources on Jungian psychology, including articles about the interpretation of fairy tales.
- °TCG's Jung page: links
- (1933). The basic postulates of analytical psychology, Chapter IX of Modern man in search of a soul . [From the founder of "Analytic" psychotherapy.]
Kant, Immanuel.
- (1781/1787). Critique of pure reason (N. Kemp Smith, trans.). (Kant on the web). [Perhaps the single most important and influential philosophical work written in the last 500 years.]
- (1781/1787). Critique of pure reason (J.M.D. Meiklejohn, trans.). (Björn's Guide to Philosophy). [For most purposes, it is advisable to use the Kemp Smith translation instead if it is available.]
- (1783). Prolegomena to any future metaphysics. (Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy). [Essentially a précis of the Critique of pure reason.]
- (1788). Critique of practical reason (T.K. Abbott, trans.). (Björn's Guide to Philosophy). [Kant on the question of morals.]
- (1790). Critique of judgement (J.C. Meredith, trans.). (Björn's Guide to Philosophy).
Barry Neil Kaufman: To Love is To Be Happy With
- HTML at mun.ca
- HTML at option.org
Kennon, J. L. The Planet Mars and Its Inhabitants by (Gutenberg text)
Key, Ellen. (1900/1909). The century of the child. (History of Education Site).
Kirk, Robert , ed. , Stewart, R. J. Walker Between Worlds: A New Edition of the Secret Commonwealth of Elves, Fauns and Fairies (HTML at aroz.org)
Art Kleps: Millbrook: The True Story of the Early Years of the Psychedelic Revolution (1997 edition) (HTML at okneoac.com) Sociobiology (30k)
Koestler Parapsychology Unit. This organization at Edinburgh University, funded by the estate of Arthur Koestler, researches "the capacity attributed to some individuals to interact with their environment by means other than the recognised sensory and motor channels" (i.e. ESP, psychokinesis, out of body experiences and the like). Participate in online experiments. There is also an online forum, reading lists and other useful material.
Koffka, Kurt.
- (1922). Perception: An introduction to the Gestalt-theorie. Psychological Bulletin, 19, 531-585. [The first English-language article on Gestalt psychology.]
- Introduction to Koffka (1922) by Christopher D. Green.
- (1935). Why psychology?, from Principles of gestalt psychology . [From the most important textbook of Gestalt psychology.]
Köhler, Wolfgang.
- (1959). Gestalt psychology today. American Psychologist, 14, 727-734. [Köhler's APA Presidential address.]
- (1929). An old pseudoproblem. (The Gestalt Archive). [From one of the founders of Gestalt psychology.]
Konorski, J. & Miller, S. (1937). On two types of conditioned reflex. Journal of General Psychology, 16, 264-272. [Major critique of Skinner (1935).]
Krohn, William O. (1894). Facilities in experimental psychology in the colleges of the United States. In Report of the Commissioner of Education for the year 1890-'91 (Vol. 2, pp. 1139-1151).
Krstic, Kruno. (1964). Marko Marulic -- The author of the term "psychology". Acta Instituti Psychologici Universitatis Zagrabiensis, no. 36, pp. 7-13. [Rare study of the origin of the term "psychology".]
Ladd Franklin, Christine.
- (1904). Endowed professorships for women. Publications of the Association of Collegiate Alumnae, Series III, No. 9, pp. 53-61.
- (1908). Report of the committee on the endowment of fellowships. From "Proceedings" in the Publications of the Association of Collegiate Alumnae, Series III, No. 17, pp. 143-146.
Lange, Carl Georg. (1885). The mechanism of the emotions. Trans. by Benjamin Rand, first appeared in Rand, Benjamin (Ed.)(1912). The Classical Psychologists (pp. 672-684). [The "other" source of the James-Lange theory of emotion.]
Lashley, Karl S.
- (1923). The behavioristic interpretation of consciousness. Psychological Bulletin, 30, 237-272, 329-353.
- (1930). Basic neural mechanisms in behavior. Psychological Review, 37, 1-24. [One of Lashley's most influential articles.]
Leibniz, Gottfried.
- (1714). The monadology. (Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy). [The main metaphysical treatise from the leading Rationalist of the 18th century.]
- (1714). The monadology (sec 1-90). . [From the main metaphysical treatise from the leading Rationalist of the 18th century.]
- (1714). La monadologie. (ABU: la Bibliothèque Universelle).
Levy, D.M. [See N. Miller et al. (1941).]
° Lewin, Kurt (1941). Theory of Regression in Frustration: Extract from: Frustration and Regression. An Experiment with Young Children, by Roger Barker, Tamara Dembo, and Kurt Lewin. (The Gestalt Archive). [From one of the founders of Gestalt psychology.]
Lovelace, A. Ada. (1843). Notes by the translator [to L.F. Menabrea's "Sketch of the analytical engine invented by Charles Babbage, Esq."]. Scientific Memoirs, 3, 666-731. [Lady Lovelace's extensive notes to the major account of Babbage's mechanical computer.]
- Introduction to Menabrea/Lovelace (1842/1843) by Christopher D. Green
La Mettrie, Julien Offray de. (1748). Man a machine (Trans. of L'homme machine). (Research Institute for the Humanities, Chinese University of Hong Kong).
Le Bon, Gustave.
- (1895). The crowd: A study of the popular mind. (Project Gutenberg). [Major early treatise on "mob" psychology.]
- (1912). The psychology of revolution. (Project Gutenberg).
Locke, John. (1689). An essay concerning human understanding . (ILT Classics, Columbia U., NY). [Perhaps the founding document of British empiricism.]
Lombroso, Cesare. (1906). The savage origin of tatooing. (Pictures of Health). [From the man who gave us the theory of "criminal types."]
Lucretius. (ca. 50 BC). On the nature of things. (Internet Classics Archive at MIT). [Most influential statement of Roman Epicurianism.]
Cotton Mather: Memorable Providences Relating to Witchcrafts and Possessions (HTML at ukc.edu)
MacCorquodale, Kenneth & Meehl, Paul E. (1948). On a distinction between hypothetical constructs and intervening variables.
Mach, Ernst. (1886/1905). The analysis of sensations (Introductory remarks: Anti-metaphysical). . [From a leader among 19th-century phenomenalists.]
Machiavelli, Nicolo. (1513). The prince. (Project Gutenberg). [A treatise on the mechanics of political power in Renaissance Italy.]
Maeterlinck Maurice: The Unknown Guest, trans. by Alexander Teixeira de Mattos (Gutenberg text; unofficial until 31 Jan 2000)
Mahan, Asa: A System of Intellectual Philosophy (page images at MOA)
Malthus, Thomas. (1798). An essay on the principle of population. (McMaster University Archive for the History of Economic Thought). [One of the most significant economic texts ever written. The basis of much later work, including the economic texts of Babbage and Mill.]
Marx, Karl & Engels, Friedrich . (1848). The comunist manifesto. (Project Gutenberg). [Perhaps the single most influential book of the 19th century.]
Marx, Karl. (1867). Capital. (Marx & Engles WWW Library,). [The economic theory behind communism.].
Maslow, Abraham H.
- [See N. Miller et al. (1941).]
- (1943). A theory of human motivation. Psychological Review, 50, 370-396. [The first published description of the "hierarchy of needs."]
McCosh, James. (1875). The Scottish philosophy. (Internet Encyclpedia of Philosophy). [Survey of Scottish philosophers from about 1700 to about 1850.]
McDougall, William. (1919). Introduction to social psychology. (McMaster University Archive for the History of Economic Thought) [in .pdf format]
- McDougall, William. [see Watson & MacDougall (1929)].
McWilliams , Peter
- Love 101: To Love Oneself is the Beginning of a Lifelong Romance (HTML at mcwilliams.com) Psychological Review, 55, 95-107. [Classic attempt to clarify a major terminological problem in psychological methodology.]
- Life 102: What to Do When Your Guru Sues You (HTML in the UK).
- You Can't Afford the Luxury of a Negative Thought (HTML at mcwilliams.com)
Mead, George H. (1913). The social self. Journal of Philosophy, Psychology, and Scientific Methods, 10, 374- 380. [Major article by the "social behaviorist."]
Meehl, Paul E.. [See Cronbach & Meehl (1955); MacCorquodale & Meehl (1948).]
Menabrea, Luigi F. (1843). Sketch of the analytical engine invented by Charles Babbage, Esq. (A.A. Lovelace, Trans.). Scientific Memoirs, 3, 666-731. (Original work published 1842 in Bibliothèque Universelle de Genève, No. 82) [The major account of Babbage's mechanical computer.]
Introduction to Menabrea/Lovelace (1842/1843) by Christopher D. Green
Mead, George Herbert. Many different texts. George's Page by Lloyd Gordon Ward and Robert Throop of Brock U. [The founder of "social behaviorism."]
Mendel, Gregor. (1865). Experiments in plant hybridization. (MendelWeb) [The origin of gene theory.]
Merleau-Ponty, Maurice. (1942). The structure of behavior (Introduction: "The problem of the relations of consciousness and nature"). . [From one of the most influential phenomenologists of the 20th century. Contains explicit responses to physiological psychologists of the day, and to the Gestalt Theorists as well.]
Mill, John Stuart.
- (1848). Principles of political economy. (McMaster University Archive for the History of Economic Thought). [The standard English economic text in the second half of the 19th century.]
- (1863). Utilitarianism. (University of Adelaide Library).
- (1869). The subjection of women.. (McMaster University Archive for the History of Economic Thought).
Miller, George A. (1956). The magical number seven, plus or minus two: Some limits on our capacity for processing information. Psychological Review, 63, 81-97. [A classic in memory research and one of the earliest contributions to the "cogntive revolution."]
Miller, N., Sears, R.R., Rosenzweig, S., Bateson, G., Levy, D.M., Hartmann, G.W., & Maslow, A.H. (1941). Symposium on the frustration-aggression hypothesis. Psychological Review, 48, 337-366.
Miller, S. [See Konorski & Miller (1937).]
Morgan, C. Lloyd.
- (1930). Autobiography of C. Lloyd Morgan. In C. Murchison (Ed.), History of psychology in autobiography (Vol. 2, pp. 237-264). Worcester, MA: Clark University Press.
- (1903). An introduction of comparative psychology (new edition, revised). (George's Page).
- (1927). Emergent evolution. (George's Page).
Morgulis, Sergius. [See Yerkes & Morgulis (1909).]
Moses, William Stainton: Spirit Teachings by (HTML at interlog.com)
° Mueller, Theophil:
- (2002) You are the Winner: Did you know that you are an artist? It is proven to you and you are guided to the highest heights to watch yourself from above!
Münsterberg, Hugo.
- (1893a). The new psychology and Harvard's equipment for teaching it. Harvard Graduate Magazine, 1 (2), 201-209. [A defense of the new psychology by the largest laboratory's new director.]
- (1893b). Psychological laboratory of Harvard University. [A catalogue of equipment and readings, prepared for the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago.]
- (1899). Psychology and history. Psychological Review, 6, 1-31. [Münsterberg's APA Presidential address about the epistemological relation between the natural and the normative sciences. First English discussion of idiographic and nomothetic methods, later popularized by Gordon Allport.]
- (1908/1925). On the witness stand. [Attempt to sell the insights and methods of scientific psychology to the legal community; foreshadows many of today's issues in forensic psychology.]
- (1913). Psychology and industrial efficiency. [Attempt to sell the insights and methods of scientific psychology to the industry; major early contribution to industrial/organizational psychology.]
- Introduction to Münsterberg (1913) by Robert H. Wozniak.
Myerson, Abraham: The Foundations of Personality (Gutenberg text)
Nevers, Cordelia C. & Calkins, Mary W. (1895). Dr. Jastrow on community of ideas of men and women. Psychological Review, 2, 363-367. [Reply to Jastrow (1891).]
Newton, Isaac. (1687). Mathematical principles of natural philosophy. (Andrew Motte, Trans. 1729, under construction). [Probably the single most important text in the history of science.]
Nixon, H. K. (1925). Popular answers to some psychological questions. American Journal of Psychology, 36, 418-423. (David Likely, University of New Brunswick). [Possibly the first published survey of psychology students' popular attitudes about psychological topics (e.g., telepathy, intelligence, physiognomy).]
Padgett, James E. : Angelic Revelations of Divine Truth (HTML at truths.com)
Panati, Charles The Geller Papers, ed. (illustrated HTML in the UK)
Pascal, Blaise. (1645). La machine d'aarithmétique. (ABU: la Bibliothèque Universelle). [Pascal's own account of his adding machine.]
- (1660). Pensées (English trans.). (Christian Classics Ethereal Library at Wheaton Collge).
- (1671). Pensées (in original French). (ABU: la Bibliothèque Universelle).
Pavlov, Ivan P.
- (1924). Lectures on the work of the cerebral hemispheres (Lecture 1). . [From the "grandfather" of behaviorism.]
- (1927). Conditioned reflexes: An investigation of the physiological activity of the cerebral cortex (G. V. Anrep, Trans.). (Original work published 1927)
Pearson, Karl. (1914). The life, letters and labours of Francis Galton. (galton.org).
Peirce, Charles S.
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- °Jean Piaget Archives: University of Geneva. The Foundation fulfills a function made necessary by the quantitative and qualitative importance of Piaget's oeuvre. The Archives provide a reading room as well as the assistance of several psychologists and one librarian to advise the scientific public during office hours.
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Paul Rosenfels:
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- The Nature of Civilization: A Psychological Analysis (HTML at the English Server).
- Love and Power: The Psychology of Interpersonal Creativity (HTML at the English Server)
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Helen Savage: Psychic Powers (HTML at TUP)
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- Website Tools for Transformation and linkcollection to tranformational psychology sites.
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Jouni Smed: States of consciousness by.Hypnosis Out-of-the-Body Experiences .
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Uriah Smith: Modern Spiritualism: A Subject of Prophecy and a Sign of the Times (HTML at Compuserve)
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Spinoza, Benedicto. (1675). Ethics. (Middle Tennessee State University Philosophy WebWorks). [From a leading post-Cartesian Rationalist.]
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Charles T. Tart:
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Thomas Troward The Dore Lectures (Gutenberg text)
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Vygotsky, Lev. {one of the most influential developmental psychologists of the 20th century.]
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Wilhelm Wundt
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