Richard Gross

Being Human (eBook, ePUB)

Psychological Perspectives on Human Nature

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The new edition of Being Human examines the psychology of being human through combining different psychological traditions alongside philosophy and evolutionary theory, in relation to themes such as culture, cognition, language, morality, and society.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 246
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. März 2019
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780429619762
• Artikelnr.: 56120665

Autorenporträt

Richard Gross has been writing psychology texts for both undergraduate and A-level students for over 30 years. He has a particular interest in philosophical aspects of psychology, including what it means to be a human being.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction: How should we understand 'human nature'?
2. Origins of the concept of 'human nature': Views from religion,
philosophy, biology, and psychology.
3. The Biology of Human Nature: Genetics and the Brain
4. Consciousness and self-consciousness
5. Cognitive aspects of human nature: the recursive mind
6. Behaviourist and Psychodynamic accounts: People as driven by forces
beyond their control
7. The Humanistic-phenomenological approach: People as self-determining
organisms
8. The Social Psychology of Good and Evil: Situationism versus
Dispositionism
9. Culture and human nature
10. The future of human evolution: From Homo sapiens to gods