Higher Mental Processes

A Collection of Articles from the American Journal of Psychology

Author: Edited by Robert W. Proctor

A compilation of hard-to-find articles from the foremost psychology journal in the field

Paper – $30

978-0-252-08145-3

eBook – $9.95

978-0-252-09811-6

Publication Date

Paperback: 11/20/2015

Series: Common Threads

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About the Book

In this new ebook, Robert W. Proctor curates a collection of celebrated and seminal articles from the past 125 years of The American Journal of Psychology. The debut volume in the University of Illinois Press's Common Threads ebook series, Higher Mental Processes reprints a suite of ten articles on processes of higher-order thinking. Proctor, current editor of the AJP, begins the volume with a special introduction that provides historical and scientific context for the contributions.Contributors: P. Baratta, M. H. Birnbaum, M. E. Bulbrook, L. S. Buyer, R. A. Carlson, S. N. F. Chant, A. A. Cleveland, T. D. Cutsforth, R. L. Dominowski, E. Galanter, P. N. Johnson-Laird, M. G. Preston, Robert W. Proctor, and J. Tagart.

About the Author

Robert W. Proctor is Distinguished Professor in the Department of Psychological Sciences at Purdue University and the coauthor of Why Science Matters: Understanding the Methods of Psychological Research. He is the editor of the American Journal of Psychology.