具体描述
编辑推荐
适读人群 :既适合初学心理学的人,学习心理学专业的学生,也适合那些从事心理学事业的工作者,还适合对心理学感兴趣的大众。
全景式地展现心理学历史上重要的40项研究;
生动描绘心理学大师们的绝妙思路和天才想法;
首版于1992年,20年来畅销不衰的心理学入门经典;
科学松鼠会推荐的心理学入门读物;
中国心理学会前理事长林崇德教授特别推荐;
教育部心理学教学指导委员会推荐;
新版第7版进行了许多重要和实质性的修订,新增两项重要研究。
内容简介
《改变心理学的40项研究》的独到之处在于填补了心理学书籍和心理学研究之间的沟壑,从历史的角度展示了心理学史上有名的40项研究,并介绍了这些研究的后续进展和相关研究。
自1992年初版以来,本书一直是备受推崇的畅销书,长期位居美国***心理学类TOP100之列。作者罗杰·霍克不仅是一位心理学家,而且也是位优秀的教育家和作家,他用自己简练的思维和生动的语言,将“枯燥的”心理学经典研究变成了一个又一个“引人入胜”的故事。阅读此书,会让你感到心理学将不再“枯燥”,不再“远离实际”,也不再“高不可攀”。同时,阅读这些经典研究,还会让你折服于心理学大师们的绝妙思路和天才的想法。
《改变心理学的40项研究》第7版进行了许多重要和实质性的修订,新增了两个具有重大影响力的研究,一项研究有关人脑对颜色的分类;另一项是更为近期的研究,关于如何使用磁共振成像(MRI)观察大脑活动。并且新版本更新了近期应用的内容。此外,更新了每篇研究报告中的“近期应用”,反映了进入21世纪以来这40项研究被大量引用的情况,由此你将体会到这些研究在心理学发展中均有着举足轻重的地位。为了满足广大读者的需求,特引入英文版,供喜爱阅读英文原书的读者研读,进一步体验心理学研究的美妙。
作者简介
罗杰·霍克(Roger R. Hock),博士是美国门多西诺学院(Mendocino College)的心理学教授,在心理学方面有多年教学经验。在教学过程中,他发现大多数心理学教科书因篇幅有限,无法详细介绍作为学科基础的研究过程,于是筹备本书以填补教科书与科学研究之间的沟壑。1992年出版本书的第1版之后,好评如潮且备受关注。霍克站在学科发展的高度,纵观心理学研究的发展历程,精心筛选出对心理学发展影响*大、文献引用较多且至今仍受关注的40项研究,范围涵盖广泛,介绍全面详实。
精彩书评
霍克的这部著作的确令人赞叹!它不仅选择了合适的研究,还为学生提供了一份有用的教学工具……霍克的书融合了读者的兴趣,同时文笔也很优美简洁……这本书揭示了心理学研究背后的真实故事,对每一个经典研究娓娓道来,内容全面,有趣易读。既适合心理学的入门学习者,也适用于对心理学感兴趣的读者。
——米斯迪·希尔,耶鲁大学心理学教授
本书的主要优势在于,罗杰·霍克以一种独到清晰的文风,总结了心理学史上重要的一些研究。
——琳达·皮尔斯,曼多纳大学心理学教授
心理学是一门科学,是研究人的心理规律的知识体系的科学,有其发生发展的历史,有其历史上值得总结、学习和发扬的一系列研究。我翻阅这本书,被其内容所吸引,书中介绍的研究都是在心理学史上非常有名的原创性研究。本书既是一部高水平的学术著作,又是一部通俗的心理学读本,具有科普性。因为全书内容生动、形式活泼,可读性强,所以本书不仅适合心理学界的同事欣赏,也值得广大心理学爱好者浏览。
——林崇德,中国心理学会前理事长,北京师范大学教授、博士毕导师
对于初学心理学的人来说,大多数人很想读一读心理学的经典研究,充实和提高自己。但是,在具体的实践过程中,常常是将经典研究读了一半,大部分人就放弃了。因为每一项研究,既包括了许多专业术语,又包括了理论假设、实验方法、实验设计、数据的统计分析、结果的分析讨论和结论等等,真是“太难了”,让读它的人感到眼花缭乱、无所适从。然而,《改变心理学的40项研究》一书的出现,使一切发生了改变。作者不仅是一位心理学家,而且也是位优秀的教育家和作家,用自己简练的思维和那支“生花的”妙笔,将“枯燥的”心理学经典研究变成了一个又一个“引人入胜的”故事。阅读此书,会将你逐渐带入神秘的心理世界,在揭开心理学神秘面纱的同时,也会让你感到心理学将不再“枯燥”、不再“远离实际”,也不再“高不可攀”。同时,阅读这些经典研究,还会让你折服于心理学大师们的绝妙思路和天才的想法。
——天津师范大学心理与行为研究院(博士、教授、博土生导师)白学军
目录
PREFACE 11
CHAPTER I THE BIOLOGICAL BASIS OF HUMAN BEHAVIOR 19
CHAPTER II CONSCIOUSNESS AND THE SENSES 53
CHAPTER III CONDITIONING AND LEARNING 83
CHAPTER IV COGNITION, MEMORY, AND INTELLIGENCE 111
CHAPTER V CHANGES OVER THE HUMAN LIFESPAN 144
CHAPTER VI MOTIVATION AND EMOTION 176CHAPTER VII PERSONALITY 207
CHAPTER VIII PSYCHOLOGICAL DISORDERS 243
CHAPTER IX THERAPY 274
CHAPTER X HUmAN INTERACTION AND SOCIAL BEHAvIOR 302
AUTHOR INDEX 334
SBUJECT INDEX 339
精彩书摘
You are probably aware that the two halves of your brain are not the same and that they perform different functions. For example, in general the left side of your brain is responsible for movement in the right side of your body, and vice versa. Beyond this, though, the two brain hemispheres appear to have much greater specialized abilities.
It has come to be rather common knowledge that, for most of us, the left brain controls our ability to use language while the right is involved in spatial relationships, such as those needed for artistic activities. Stroke or head-injury patients who suffer damage to the left side of the brain will usually lose, to varying degrees, their ability to speak (often this skill returns with therapy and training). Many people believe that each half, or hemisphere, of your brain may actually be a completely separate mental system with its own individual abilities for learning, remembering, perceiving the world, and feeling emotions. The concepts underlying this view of the brain rest on early scientific research on the effects of splitting the brain into two separate hemispheres.
That research was pioneered by Roger W. Sperry (1913–1994), beginning about 15 years prior to the article examined in this chapter. In his early work with animal subjects, Sperry made many remarkable discoveries. For example, in one series of studies, cats’ brains were surgically altered to sever the connection between the two halves of the brain and to alter the optic nerves so that the left eye transmitted information only to the left hemisphere and the right eye only to the right hemisphere. Following surgery, the cats appeared to behave normally and exhibited virtually no ill effects. Then, with the right eye covered, the cats learned a new behavior, such as walking through a short maze to find food. After the cats became skilled at maneuvering through the maze, the eye cover was shifted to the cats’ left eyes. Now, when the cats were placed back in the maze, their right brains had no idea where to turn, and the animals had to relearn the entire maze from the beginning.
Sperry conducted many related studies over the next 30 years, and in 1981 he received the Nobel Prize for his work on the specialized abilities of the two hemispheres of the brain. When his research endeavors turned to human participants in the early 1960s, he was joined in his work at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) by Michael Gazzaniga. Although Sperry is considered to be the founder of split-brain research, Gazzaniga’ s article has been chosen here because it is a clear, concise summary of their early collaborative work with human participants and it, along with other related research by Gazzaniga, is cited often in psychology texts. Its selection is in no way intended to overlook or overshadow either Sperry’ s leadership in this field or his great contributions. Gazzaniga, in large part, owes his early research, and his discoveries in the area of hemispheric specialization, to Roger W. Sperry (see Sperry, 1968; Puente, 1995).
To understand split-brain research, some knowledge of human physiology is required. The two hemispheres of your brain are in constant communication with one another via the corpus callosum, a structure made up of about 200 million nerve fibers (Figure 1-1). If your corpus callosum is cut, this major line of communication is disrupted, and the two halves of your brain must then function independently. If we want to study each half of your brain separately, all we need to do is surgically sever your corpus callosum.
But can scientists surgically divide the brains of humans for research purposes? That sounds more like a Frankenstein movie than real science! Obviously, research ethics would never allow such drastic methods simply for the purpose of studying the specialized abilities of the brain’ s two hemispheres. However, in the late 1950s, the field of medicine provided psychologists with a golden opportunity. In some people with very rare and very extreme cases of uncontrollable epilepsy, seizures could be greatly reduced or virtually eliminated by surgically severing the corpus callosum. This operation was (and is) successful, as a last resort, for those patients who cannot be helped by any other means. When this article was written in 1966, 10 such operations had been undertaken, and four of the patients consented to participate in examination and testing by Sperry and Gazzaniga to determine how their perceptual and intellectual skills were affected by this surgical treatment.
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前言/序言
Welcome to the seventh edition of Forty Studies that Changed Psychology. For over 20 years this book has been a mainstay for many college and high school courses around the world and has been translated into six languages. The majority of the studies included in this edition are the same ones that made up a large part of the first edition. This demonstrates how these landmark studies continue today to exert their influence over psychological thought and research. These original studies and the ones that have been added or changed over the years provide a fascinating glimpse into the birth and growth of the science of psychology, and into the insights we have acquired trying to unravel the complexities of human nature.
Many studies of human behavior have made remarkable and lasting impacts on the various disciplines that comprise the vast field of psychology. The findings generated from this research have changed our knowledge of human behavior, and they have set the stage for countless subsequent projects and research programs. Even when the results of some of these pivotal studies have later been drawn into controversy and question, their effect and influence in a historical context never diminish. They continue to be cited in new articles; they continue to be the topic of academic discussion, they continue to form the foundation for hundreds of textbook chapters, and they continue to hold a special place in the minds of psychologists.
The concept for this book originated from my three decades of teaching psychology. Most psychology textbooks are based on key studies that have shaped the science of psychology over its relatively brief history. Textbooks, however, seldom give the original, core studies the attention they richly deserve. The original research processes and findings often are summarized and diluted to the point that little of the life and excitement of the discoveries remain. Sometimes, research results are reported in ways that may even mislead the reader about the study’s real impact and influence about what we know and how we know it. This is in no way a criticism of the textbook writers who work under length constraints and must make many difficult choices about what gets included and in how much detail. The situation is, however, unfortunate because the foundation of all of modern psychology is scientific research, and through over a century of ingenious and elegant studies, our knowledge and understanding of human behavior have been expanded and refined to the advanced level of sophistication that exists today.
This book is an attempt to fill the gap between all those psychology textbooks and the research that made them possible. It is a journey through the headline history of psychology. My hope is that the way the 40 chosen studies are presented will bring every one of them back to life so that you can experience them for yourself. This book is intended for anyone, in any course, who wishes a greater understanding of the true roots of psychology.
CHOOSING THE STUDIES
The studies included in this book have been carefully chosen from those found in psychology texts and journals and from those suggested by leading authorities in the many branches of psychology. As the studies were selected, 40 seemed to be a realistic number both from a historical point of view and in terms of length. The studies chosen are arguably among the most famous, the most important, or the most influential in the history of psychology. I use the word arguably because many who read this book may wish to dispute some of the choices. One thing is sure: No single list of 40 studies would satisfy everyone. However, the studies included here stirred up a great deal of controversy when they were published, sparked the most subsequent related research, opened new fields of psychological exploration, changed dramatically our knowledge of human behavior, and continue to be cited frequently. These studies are organized by chapter according to the major psychology branches into which they best fit: The Biological Basis of Human Behavior; Consciousness and the Senses; Conditioning and Learning; Cognition, Memory, and Intelligence; Changes over the Human Lifespan; Motivation and Emotion; Personality; Psychological Disorders; Therapy; and Human Interaction and Social Behavior.
穿越迷雾,探寻人类心智的深邃轨迹——一本关于心理学核心洞见的精华集 这是一本并非直接收录某一本特定书籍的指南,却能带您深入理解心理学发展历程中最具影响力的关键发现。它如同一个思想的罗盘,指向那些重塑我们对自身、对他人、对世界认知的里程碑式研究。这本书并非提供现成的答案,而是邀您一同踏上一段探索的旅程,去发掘那些奠定了现代心理学基石的实验与理论,去感受科学如何一步步揭示人类行为与思维的奥秘。 想象一下,您将有机会“亲临”那些改变游戏规则的实验室,仿佛置身于科学家们激烈的思想碰撞之中。您会看到,是什么样的观察激发了最初的疑问,又是怎样的严谨设计和细致分析,最终将这些疑问转化为颠覆性的见解。这本书旨在为您勾勒出心理学领域那些“aha moment”的图景,那些在历史长河中闪耀的智慧火花。 认识核心,洞察本质: 这本书所聚焦的,并非是泛泛而谈的心理学概念,而是那些经过时间考验、被广泛引证、并持续启发后续研究的那些“改变性的”研究。它们如同心理学这门宏大科学的“DNA”,蕴含着其最核心的基因密码。您将接触到那些关于学习、记忆、意识、人格、社会影响、发展规律等方面的经典实验,理解它们是如何挑战当时的主流观点,并为后续研究开辟新路径的。 例如,当您思考“我们是如何学习的?”时,这本书会引导您回顾那些关于条件反射和操作性条件反射的开创性工作,理解行为主义如何在早期心理学中占据主导地位,以及这些理论如何解释了日常生活中我们行为的形成和改变。它会带您认识到,即使是看似简单的行为,其背后也可能隐藏着复杂的学习机制,这些机制的揭示,极大地丰富了我们对动物乃至人类行为的理解。 再比如,当我们谈论“我们为何会从众?”时,您将有机会深入了解那些关于群体压力和服从权威的经典研究。这些研究不仅揭示了社会环境对个体行为的强大塑造力,更深刻地探讨了在特定情境下,个体判断和道德选择可能发生的转变。您会意识到,理解这些研究,有助于我们更好地理解历史事件的发生,以及日常社会互动中的群体动态。 跨越学科,融合视角: 心理学并非孤立存在的学科,它与生物学、神经科学、社会学、人类学甚至哲学都有着千丝万缕的联系。这本书所精选的研究,往往能够体现这种跨学科的融合性。您会发现,许多心理学上的突破,都离不开对生物学基础的理解,例如对大脑结构与功能的研究,对遗传因素在行为中作用的探讨,以及对激素和神经递质如何影响情绪和认知。 同时,这些研究也常常能为我们理解社会现象提供深刻的洞见。从人际关系的形成到群体冲突的根源,从社会认同的构建到文化价值观的传承,许多心理学研究都提供了独特的视角。这本书将帮助您看到,心理学如何帮助我们理解人类社会为何如此运作,以及个体在其中扮演的角色。 重塑认知,启发思考: 阅读本书,您将不仅仅是 passively 接受信息,更是 actively 地参与到一场思想的实验中。它鼓励您质疑、反思,并尝试将这些经典的发现应用到自己的生活经验和观察中。您会开始用更科学、更严谨的眼光去审视那些曾经习以为常的现象,去探究那些隐藏在日常行为背后的心理机制。 比如,关于儿童发展的重要研究,会让我们重新审视童年经历对个体一生发展的影响,理解语言习得的奥秘,以及认知能力是如何随着年龄增长而演变的。这对于为人父母者,或是任何关心下一代成长的人来说,都将是极具价值的启示。 又或者,关于情绪的心理学研究,将帮助我们更深入地理解喜怒哀乐的生理基础和心理根源,学会如何更好地识别和管理自己的情绪,以及如何理解他人的情感世界。这对于提升人际关系、促进个人幸福感都将产生积极的影响。 不仅仅是历史,更是面向未来: 尽管本书聚焦于那些“改变过”的研究,但它们的意义远不止于历史的记录。它们是现代心理学发展的基石,是后续无数研究的起点,更是我们理解当下和预测未来的重要工具。每一项经典研究的背后,都包含着对人类本性的深刻探索,这些探索从未停止,并不断延伸到更广阔的领域。 这本书为您提供的,是一份经过提炼和梳理的“心理学精华地图”。它帮助您避开繁杂的细节,直达那些最能触动您、最能启发您、最能改变您对人类心理认知的核心要点。它将帮助您建立一个更清晰、更系统、更具洞察力的心理学知识框架,让您在面对复杂的人类行为和心理现象时,能够拥有更深刻的理解和更敏锐的判断。 这是一本送给所有对人类内心世界充满好奇的探索者。无论您是心理学专业的学生,还是仅仅对“人为何如此”感到着迷的普通读者,这本书都将为您打开一扇通往深邃心智世界的窗口,让您看到那些曾经照亮前路、并将继续指引方向的智慧之光。它将帮助您认识到,理解心理学,就是理解我们自己,理解我们所处的这个世界。