Psychology Express: Conceptual and Historical Issues
Pearson Education Limited (Verlag)
978-1-292-73510-8 (ISBN)
Discover the ultimate revision guide for psychology students to help you excel in your assessments! Psychology Express: Conceptual and Historical Issues in Psychology, 2nd edition is a concise, comprehensive and engaging guide, packed with resources that will help you to plan, prepare and practice for all your undergraduate assessments in this subject.
The guide covers all core concepts you need to know in accordance with QAA and BPS subject guidelines, addressing historical and contemporary perspectives within psychology. It provides a framework for success through features such as topic maps, revision checklists, key terms, summaries of key studies and further reading suggestions.
To make your revision even more effective you can assess your progress with test questions, compare your answers with answer guidelines and evaluate sample answers to improve your own assessment technique.
This revision guide is part of the Psychology Express series, covering the complete knowledge base of psychology, designed to complement your lectures, seminars, and additional reading to make sure that you are confident going in to all of your assessments. Preparing for different types of assessments can be challenging, but this guide will give you all of the tools you need to succeed in your assignments. Whether you're facing exams, research papers, presentations, or group projects, you'll find valuable tips and strategies to excel.
To support your learning journey, a companion website provides additional resources for self-testing and answers to questions in the book.
Brian M. Hughes is a professor of psychology at the University of Galway, specialising in stress psychophysiology, health psychology, the public understanding of psychology and science, and the application of psychology to social issues.
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Guided tour
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
Glossary of terms
References
Index
| Erscheinungsdatum | 28.03.2025 |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | Harlow |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 100 x 100 mm |
| Gewicht | 100 g |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Allgemeine Psychologie |
| ISBN-10 | 1-292-73510-4 / 1292735104 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-292-73510-8 / 9781292735108 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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