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Thought and Language - Revised EditionThought and Language - Revised Edition by Lev S. Vygotsky
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One of the towering works of cognitive psychology. Gives experimental insights into how we learn.
Verbal BehaviorVerbal Behavior by B. F. Skinner
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A behaviorist classic on language acquisition and use.
Productive ThinkingProductive Thinking by Max Wertheimer
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The summative statement of Gestalt psychology by the master himself.
Language and Thought of the Child (Routledge Classics)Language and Thought of the Child (Routledge Classics) by Jean Piaget
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Piaget's classic analysis of the development of language and thought.
The Origin of Intelligence in the ChildThe Origin of Intelligence in the Child by Jean Piaget
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A genetic epistemological tracing of the origin of intelligence.
Principles of Genetic Epistemology: Jean Piaget: Selected Works Volume 7Principles of Genetic Epistemology: Jean Piaget: Selected Works Volume 7 by Jean Piaget
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The summary statement of the position of genetic epistemology.
Principles of Gestalt Psychology (International Library of Psychology)Principles of Gestalt Psychology (International Library of Psychology) by K KOFFKA
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A lucid systematization of the principles of Gestalt psychology
The Mentality of Apes (International Library of Psychology)The Mentality of Apes (International Library of Psychology) by Wolfgang Khler
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The classic work of Gestalt psychology that studies how Gestalts work with animals.
A Study of Thinking (Social Science Classics Series)A Study of Thinking (Social Science Classics Series) by Jerome Bruner
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Regarded as the book that gave birth to the 'cognitive' revolution in psychology.
Frames Of Mind: The Theory Of Multiple IntelligencesFrames Of Mind: The Theory Of Multiple Intelligences by Howard E. Gardner
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A theory of seven kinds of human intelligence .
Contributions to analytical psychology (International library of psychology, philosophy, and scientific method)Contributions to analytical psychology (International library of psychology, philosophy, and scientific method) by C. G Jung
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The best collection of Jung's essays on analytical psychology.
The Emperor's New Mind: Concerning Computers, Minds, and the Laws of Physics (Popular Science)The Emperor's New Mind: Concerning Computers, Minds, and the Laws of Physics (Popular Science) by Roger Penrose
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The critical demonstration of the crucial differences between the human mind and computers, written by a mathematician-cum-psychologist.
The Concept of MindThe Concept of Mind by Gilbert Ryle
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A philosophical investigation into what mind is and how we come to know its workings.
The Denial of DeathThe Denial of Death by Ernest Becker
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A revolution within psychoanalysis which put death in the centre of debate.
The Trauma of BirthThe Trauma of Birth by Otto Rank
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The work that tied human psychology to experience of being born into a world.
The Neurotic Constitution: Outlines of a Comparative Individualistic Psychology and PsychotherapyThe Neurotic Constitution: Outlines of a Comparative Individualistic Psychology and Psychotherapy by Alfred Adler
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Adler's classic statement on neurosis and superiority-inferiority complexes.
Introductory Lectures on PsychoanalysisIntroductory Lectures on Psychoanalysis by Sigmund Freud
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The most amenable of Freud's works.
New Introductory Lectures on Psycho-Analysis (The Standard Edition)  (Complete Psychological Works of Sigmund Freud)New Introductory Lectures on Psycho-Analysis (The Standard Edition) (Complete Psychological Works of Sigmund Freud) by Sigmund Freud
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The extension of the previous one.
Mind, Self, and Society: From the Standpoint of a Social Behaviorist (Works of George Herbert Mead, Vol. 1)Mind, Self, and Society: From the Standpoint of a Social Behaviorist (Works of George Herbert Mead, Vol. 1) by George Herbert Mead
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The symbolic interactionist approach which roots human mind in a society existing through a network of symbols.
Signs, Language and BehaviorSigns, Language and Behavior by C. Morris
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Morris' social behaviorist investigation of types of human sings and their relation to behavior.
Studies in Cognitive GrowthStudies in Cognitive Growth by Jerome S. Bruner
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A collection of studies in cognitive psychology inspired by Bruner's work.
Phenomenology of Perception (Routledge Classics)Phenomenology of Perception (Routledge Classics) by Maurice Merleau-Ponty
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A phenomenological investigation of how we perceive through our 'embodied' existence.
The Theory of Mind as Pure Act: A Philosophy of 'Actual Idealism' (Living Time Thought)The Theory of Mind as Pure Act: A Philosophy of 'Actual Idealism' (Living Time Thought) by Giovanni Gentile
One of the most powerful works with a solipsist position (nothing outside me).
An Essay Concerning Human Understanding (Great Books in Philosophy)An Essay Concerning Human Understanding (Great Books in Philosophy) by John Locke
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Locke's materialistic explanation of human knowledge.
Critique of Pure ReasonCritique of Pure Reason by Immanuel Kant
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Kant's search for a priori categories of human thought.