Hughes, Brian M. <br/><br/>
Conceptual and historical issues in psychology / 
Brian M. Hughes. 
 - Harlow, England :  Pearson,  2011. 
 - xv, 205 p. :  ill. ;  24 cm. 
 - Psychology express. .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>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--. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780273737285 (pbk.)  RM73.29 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Psychology--History.<br/>Psychology--Philosophy.