2nd Edition

Conceptual Issues in Psychology

By Elizabeth R. Valentine Copyright 1982
    256 Pages
    by Routledge

    250 Pages
    by Routledge

    This comprehensive and up-to-date textbook gives a clear account of the different philosophical and theoretical approaches to psychology and discusses major philosophical questions such as free will and the relation between mind and body.

    Chapter 1 Psychology as Science; Chapter 2 Determinism and Free Will; Chapter 3 The Mind–Body Problem; Chapter 4 Consciousness; Chapter 5 Introductionspection; Chapter 6 Sources of Artefact; Chapter 7 Determinants of Scientific Advance; Chapter 8 Theories and Explanations; Chapter 9 The Problem of the Organism; Chapter 10 Models and Computer Simulation; Chapter 11 The Relation of Physiology to Psychology; Chapter 12 Teleological Explanation; Chapter 13 Alternative Perspectives; Chapter 14 Idiographic Psychology;

    Biography

    Elizabeth R. Valentine is Lecturer in Psychology at the Royal Holloway and Bedford New College, University of London.