TY - BOOK AU - Hughes,Brian M. TI - Conceptual and historical issues in psychology T2 - Psychology express SN - 9780273737285 (pbk.) AV - BF81 .H796 2011 U1 - 150 23 PY - 2011/// CY - Harlow, England, New York PB - Pearson KW - Psychology KW - History KW - Philosophy N1 - 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-- ER -