Psychology and 'human nature'
Psychology and 'Human Nature' problematizes what psychology usually takes for granted - the meaning of the psyche or 'human nature'. Peter Ashworth provides a coherent account of many of the major schools of thought in psychology and its related disciplines, including: sociobiolo...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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London ; New York :
Psychology Press
2000.
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| Edition: | 1st ed |
| Series: | Psychology focus.
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| See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009798041306719 |
Table of Contents:
- Cover; Psychology and 'Human Nature'; Copyright; Contents; Introduction: psychology and 'human nature'; 1. The ultimate biological motive: the evolutionary perspective; 2. Mental conflict: biological drives and social reality; 3. An inner world: cognitive psychology; 4. ...Not separable from the world: Skinner's radical behaviourism; 5. The individual consciousness: anxiously free in a meaningless world; 6. Social being: interacting, and presenting oneself as a person; 7. 'Human nature' as an outmoded cultural presupposition; 8. Conclusion; Glossary; Bibliography; Index
