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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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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Ashworth, Peter D.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London ; New York : Psychology Press, 2000.
Colección:Psychology focus.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.