Hughes, Brian M.

Conceptual and historical issues in psychology / Brian M. Hughes. - Harlow, England ; New York : 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.)

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Psychology--History.
Psychology--Philosophy.

BF81 / .H796 2011

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