Introduction to Psychology,Year 2005 - Tapa dura

Introduction to Psychology

Contents Preface 1 Introduction 2 History of psychology 3 The concept of man 4 Evolutionary psychology as computational theory 5 Intelligent design psychology 6 Metanarrative the postmodern rejection 7 Psychology in teaching 8 The relational spirituality paradigm 9 Theory of integration Bibliography Index Psychology literally the study of the human mind describes and attempts to explain consciousness behaviour and social interaction Rudolph Goclenius a German scholastic philosopher is credited with inventing the term psychology 1590 Psychology is an academic and applied field involving the study of he human mind brain and behavior Psychology also refers to the application of such knowledge to various spheres of human activity including problems of individuals daily lives and the treatment of mental illness Psychology differs from anthropology economics political science and sociology in seeking to capture explanatory generalizations about the mental function and overt behaviour of individuals while the  other disciplines rely more heavily on field studies and historical methods for extracting descriptive generalizations In practice however there is quite a lot of cross fertilization that takes place among the various fields jacket 280 pp. Nº de ref. del artículo: 98681

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