From milgram to zimbardo: The double birth of postwar psychology/psychologization

History of the Human Sciences

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 156-175

  de Vos, Jan ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Philip Zimbardo; psychoanalysis; psychologization; psychology; Stanley Milgram

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ECONOMICS; EDUCATION; ETHNOLOGY; HISTORY; HUMAN CHARACTERISTIC; MENTAL DISEASE; PERSONNEL; PSYCHOANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL STATUS;

HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMAN CHARACTERISTICS; MENTAL DISORDERS; PSYCHOANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGY; RESEARCH PERSONNEL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL CONDITIONS;

EID: 78650247314     PISSN: 09526951     EISSN: 1461720X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0952695110384774     Document Type: Article

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