Peter Ashworth

Psychology and 'Human Nature'

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Looks at the major schools of psychology and considers the claims or assumptions being made about 'human nature' and their position on the associated issues of consciousness, the self, the body, other people and the physical world.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 208
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. September 2000
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 211mm x 137mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 264g
• ISBN-13: 9780415213004
• ISBN-10: 0415213002
• Artikelnr.: 22593370

Autorenporträt

Peter Ashworth

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements. Introduction: Psychology and 'Human Nature'. The Ultimate
Biological Motive: The Evolutionary Perspective. Mental Conflict: Biolgical
Drives and Social Reality. An Inner World: Cognitive Psychology. The
Individual Consciousness - Anxiously Free in a Meaningless World. Social
Being: Interacting and Presenting Oneself as a Person. 'Human Nature' as an
Outmoded Cultural Presupposition. Conclusion. Glossary. Bibliography.
Index.