List of publications in psychology

Some reasons why a particular publication might be regarded as important:

• Topic creator – A publication that created a new topic
• Breakthrough – A publication that changed scientific knowledge significantly
• Introduction – A publication that is a good introduction or survey of a topic
• Influence – A publication which has significantly influenced the world
• Latest and greatest – The current most advanced result in a topic

Introducing Psychology

Introducing Psychology

• Nigel Benson
• Introducing Psychology, 1998. Totem/Icon Books.

Description: Introduction to psychology for general public and students.

Importance: Popular, International best-selling, 14 languages

Principles of Psychology

• William James
• Principles of Psychology, 1890.
• Online version

Description: This monumental text can be view as the beginning of psychology.

Importance: Topic creator, Breakthrough, Influence

Psychoanalysisand psychotherapy

The Interpretation of Dreams

• Sigmund Freud
• The Interpretation of Dreams, 1900.
• Online version

Description: Dream interpretation became a part of psychoanalysisdue to this seminal work.

Importance: Topic creator, Breakthrough, Influence

Personality

A Theory of Human Motivation

• Abraham Maslow
• Psychological Review, 50, 370-396. (1943)
• Online version

Description: In this paper the Maslow's hierarchy of needswas described.

Importance: Topic creator, Breakthrough, Influence

Behaviorism

Psychology as the behaviorist views it

• John B. Watson
• Psychological Review, 20, pp. 158-177.
• Online version

Description: With his behaviorism, Watson put the emphasis on external behaviour of people and their reactions on given situations, rather than the internal, mental state of those people. In his opinion, the analysis of behaviours and reactions was the only objective method to get insight in the human actions.

Importance: Topic creator, Breakthrough, Influence

Cognitivism

• Alan Turing(1950) "Computing machinery and intelligence". Mind, vol. LIX, no. 236, October 1950, pp. 433-460. eprint
• Jerry Fodor(1975) The Language of thought
• Zenon Pylyshyn(1984) Computation and Cognition
• Stevan Harnad(1994) Computation Is Just Interpretable Symbol Manipulation: Cognition Isn't. Minds and Machines 4: 379-390.

Functionalism

Gestalt psychology

Experimental Studies of the Perception of Movement

• Max Wertheimer
• Experimental Studies of the Perception of Movement, 1912.

Description: Considered the founding article for Gestalt psychology. The article described the Phi phenomenon.

Importance:

Humanistic psychology

Phenomenology

• Medard Boss, Existential Foundations of Medicine and Psychology (Jason Aronson, 1984; ISBN: 1568214200)
• Medard Boss, Psychoanalysis and Daseinsanalysis (Da Capo Pr, 1982; ISBN: 0306797089)
• Medard Boss, The Analysis of Dreams (Philosophical Library, 1958)
• Ernesto Spinelli, The Interpreted World: An Introduction to Phenomenological Psychology (Sage, 2nd Edition, 2005)

Structuralism

Cognitive psychology

• Albert Bandura
• Transmission of Aggression Through Imitation of Aggressive Models

Description:

Importance:

Evolutionary psychology

• Jerome Barkow, Leda Cosmidesand John Tooby
• The Adapted Mind

Clinical psychology

• Emil Kraepelin
• "Textbook" of Psychiatry, 1893

Description: This publication was the foundation of the classification systems used in today's Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders.

Importance:

Developmental psychology

Educational psychology

Anderson, J. R., Corbett, A. T., Koedinger, K. R., & Pelletier, R. (1995). Cognitive tutors: Lessons learned. Journal of the Learning Sciences, 4, 167-207.

Bandura, A. (1993). Perceived self-efficacy in cognitive development and functioning. Educational psychologist, 28, 117-148.

Cronbach, L. J. (1957). The two disciplines of scientific psychology. American Psychologist, 12, 671-684.

Cronbach, L. J., & Meehl, P. E. (1955). Construct validity in psychological tests. Psychological Bulletin, 52, 281-302.

Mayer, R. E. (1997). Multimedia learning: Are we asking the right questions?Educational Psychologist, 32, 1-19.

Palincsar, A. S. (1998). Social constructivist perspectives on teaching and learning. Annual Review of Psychology, 49, 345-375.

Skinner, B. F. (1958). Teaching Machines. Science, 128(3330), 969-977.

Spearman, Charles. (1904). "General intelligence," objectively determined and measured. American Journal of Psychology, 15, 201-293.

Sweller, J., van Merrienboer, J. J., & Paas, F. G. (1998). Cognitive architecture and instructional design. Educational Psychology Review, 10, 251-296.

Terman, Lewis M. (1916). The uses of intelligence tests. From The measurement of intelligence (chapter 1). Boston: Houghton Mifflin.

Thorndike, Edward L. (1910). The contribution of psychology to education. Journal of Educational Psychology, 1, 5-12.

Thurstone, L. L. (1934). The vectors of mind. Psychological Review, 41, 1-32.

Forensic psychology

Forensic Psychology

• Alan M. Goldstein
• Forensic Psychology, 2003
• ISBN 0-47-161920-5

Description: 47 forensic psychologists cover the theory and practice of forensic psychology in both civil and criminal litigation.

Importance: Introduction

On the Witness Stand

• Hugo Münsterberg
• On the Witness Stand, 1908.

Description: Considered the first publication in applying psychology to legal matters. Among the topics discussed are reliability of witnesses' testimony and memory, lie detection and interrogation methods on suspects of crime.

Importance:

Industrial and organizational psychology

Neuropsychology

Social psychology

Classic Readings on Prejudice and Intergroup Relations

   * Allport, G.W. (1954). The nature of prejudice. New York: Doubleday.

Description: With this book, Gordon Allportput forth one of the most influential theories of prejudice reduction, known as the Contact Hypothesis. The basic idea behind the Contact Hypothesis is that increasing contact between members of different groups is the foundation for reducing intergroup hostility. This book is important for many other reasons as well, and is recommended reading for anyone interested in the areas of prejudice and discrimination.

Importance: Breakthrough, Influence

   * Tajfel, H., & Turner, J.C. (1979). An integrative theory of intergroup conflict. In W.G. Austin 
     & S. Worchel (Eds.), The social psychology of intergroup relations (pp. 33-47). Monterey, CA: 
     Brooks/Cole.

Description: This is a classic paper on Social Identity Theory (SIT). SIT is one of the most prominent and influential theories concerning intergroup relations and has spawned massive amounts of research. The main point behind SIT is that the social context is the key factor shaping how different social groups are perceived and treated.

Importance: Breakthrough, Influence

Post-cognivitist psychology

See also

• List of publications on evolution and human behavior
• List of publications in science
• Evolutionary psychology[1]

External links

• Classics in the history of psychology
• Informational Psychology
• Online IQ test reviews

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