Brian M. Hughes, Dominic Upton

Psychology Express: Conceptual and Historical Issues in Psychology (eBook, ePUB)

(Undergraduate Revision Guide)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The Psychology Express series is tailored to help you to understand key concepts quickly, revise effectively and make sure your answer stands out.

• Prepare for exams and coursework using sample questions and assessment advice
• Maximise your marks and approach exams with confidence
• Quickly grasp key research and methodological issues
• Use the subject-specific companion website to test your knowledge, try out sample exam questions and view guided answers and keep up to date with the latest study advice

UNDERSTAND QUICKLY
REVISE EFFECTIVELY
TAKE EXAMS WITH CONFIDENCE

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Pearson HigherEducation
• Seitenzahl: 228
• Altersempfehlung: ab 18 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. März 2014
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780273759676
• Artikelnr.: 56962304

Autorenporträt

Brian M. Hughes, University of Galway

Dominic Upton, University of Worcester

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements
Introduction
Guided tour
Guided tour of the companion website
Chapter 1    Explaining People: Theoretical Psychology Throughout the Ages
Chapter 2    Ways of Knowing: The Scientific Method and Its Alternatives
Chapter 3    From Philosophy to Laboratory: The Arrival of Empirical
Psychology
Chapter 4    The Evolution of Measurement: From Physiognomy to
Psychometrics
Chapter 5    The Behaviourist Revolution: Actions as Data
Chapter 6    The Cognitive Revolution: The Metaphor of Computation
Chapter 7    Neuroscience and Genetics: 21st Century Reductionism?
Chapter 8    Can Psychology Be Scientific?
Chapter 9    Subjectivist Approaches to Psychology
Chapter 10  The Problem of Consciousness
Chapter 11  Science Since the 20th Century: Postpositivism and
Postmodernism
Chapter 12  Relativism, Constructivism, and their Implications for
Psychology
Chapter 13  The Future of Psychology
And finally, before the exam
Glossary of terms