Morton Hunt Books

The book explores the innovative methodology of meta-analysis, which combines diverse research findings to provide reliable conclusions on various scientific questions. Through the narratives of its pioneers, it highlights its application in resolving significant debates, such as the effectiveness of psychotherapy and educational funding. Noted author Morton Hunt illustrates the method's advantages over traditional literature reviews and addresses quality control and skepticism regarding its application. The conclusion discusses the future potential of meta-analysis and includes insights from expert Harris Cooper on conducting investigations.

Socrates, Plato, Descartes, Spinoza, Mesmer, William James, Pavlov, Freud, Piaget, Erikson, and Skinner. Each of these thinkers recognized that human beings could examine, comprehend, and eventually guide or influence their own thought processes, emotions, and resulting behavior. The lives and accomplishments of these pillars of psychology, expertly assembled by Morton Hunt, are set against the times in which the subjects lived. Hunt skillfully presents dramatic and lucid accounts of the techniques and validity of centuries of psychological research, and of the methods and effectiveness of major forms of psychotherapy. Fully revised, and incorporating the dramatic developments of the last fifteen years, The Story of Psychology is a graceful and absorbing chronicle of one of the great human inquiries—the search for the true causes of our behavior.