Conceptual and historical issues in psychology / Brian M. Hughes.
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TextSeries: Psychology expressPublisher: Harlow, England ; New York : Pearson, 2011Description: xv, 205 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN: 9780273737285 (pbk.)Subject(s): Psychology -- History | Psychology -- PhilosophyDDC classification: 150 LOC classification: BF81 | .H796 2011| Item type | Current location | Home library | Collection | Shelving location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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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--.
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