... abilities to function in its environment." James was the most widely read author of the 1900's. In 1890 James published a book called "The Principles of Psychology," which was considered a classic. William James was also the first psychologist to be born in America. The American philosopher-psychologist William James was born in New York City in 1842 to the religious philosopher Henry James Sr. and his wife Mary Walsh. ... psychology, which gave people a new way of thinking about the traditional "branch of philosophy" and labeled it among the laboratory sciences based on experimental meth...

• Word Count: 2278
• Approx Pages: 9
• Has Bibliography

... Henry Holt of Boston, published the book "Principles of Psychology". At the urging of his publisher to create a book with greater classroom appeal, James combined the two-volume book into one. This book was titled "Psychology: The Briefer Course". In many ways the two-volume work was as much psychology as it was philosophy. Distribution of the two-volume textbook began later that year. Although Principles wasadmired by ... to psychology, which gave people a new way of thinking about the traditional "branch of philosophy" and labeled it among the laboratory sciences based on experimental m...

• Word Count: 1643
• Approx Pages: 7