Conceptual and historical issues in psychology /
Hughes, Brian M.
Conceptual and historical issues in psychology / Brian M. Hughes. - Harlow, England : Pearson, 2011. - xv, 205 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. - Psychology express. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Explaining people : theoretical psychology throughout the ages -- Ways of knowing : the scientific method and its alternatives -- From philosophy to laboratory : the arrival of empirical psychology -- The evolution of measurement : from physiognomy to psychometrics -- The behaviourist revolution : actions as data -- The cognitive revolution : the metaphor of computation -- Neuroscience and genetics : 21st century reductionism? -- Can psychology be scientific? -- Subjectivist approaches to psychology -- The problem of consciousness -- Science since the 20th century : postpositivism and postmodernism -- Relativism, constructivism and their implications for psychology -- The future of psychology -- And finally, before the exam--.
9780273737285 (pbk.) RM73.29
Psychology--History.
Psychology--Philosophy.
Conceptual and historical issues in psychology / Brian M. Hughes. - Harlow, England : Pearson, 2011. - xv, 205 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. - Psychology express. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Explaining people : theoretical psychology throughout the ages -- Ways of knowing : the scientific method and its alternatives -- From philosophy to laboratory : the arrival of empirical psychology -- The evolution of measurement : from physiognomy to psychometrics -- The behaviourist revolution : actions as data -- The cognitive revolution : the metaphor of computation -- Neuroscience and genetics : 21st century reductionism? -- Can psychology be scientific? -- Subjectivist approaches to psychology -- The problem of consciousness -- Science since the 20th century : postpositivism and postmodernism -- Relativism, constructivism and their implications for psychology -- The future of psychology -- And finally, before the exam--.
9780273737285 (pbk.) RM73.29
Psychology--History.
Psychology--Philosophy.