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Issues, Debates and Approaches in Psychology

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From where did the discipline of psychology originate? How has it evolved since its inception? These questions are at the heart of understanding the key debates that are central to psychology. In this highly approachable introduction, Fairholm tackles the big questions in psychology covering the ever controversial nature vs. nurture debate, free will and determinism, and other important topics. Whatever your level of study, this introduction will guide you through the most important issues that psychologists continue to dispute in the twenty-first century. This title stands as part of the Insights series edited by Nigel Holt and Rob Lewis, containing well-rounded, quick guides to the cornerstone theories, main topics and theoretical perspectives of their subjects and are useful for pre-undergraduate students looking to find incisive introductions to subjects that they may be considering for undergraduate study or those looking for helpful preparatory reading for undergraduate modules in the subject.

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Publisher

Bloomsbury Academic

Year

2012

ISBN

9780230363687

Edition

Topic

Psicologia

Subtopic

Storia e teoria della psicologia

Conclusions

195

psychologies,

which

should

not

necessarily

be

considered

as

separate

approaches

in

their

own

right

but

nevertheless

both

interact

with

each

other

and

continue

to

work

with

and

challenge

the

ﬁve

approaches.

All

of

this

emphasises

what

a

dynamic

and

eclectic

subject

psychology

is.

Arguably

psychologists

are

no

longer

as

tied

to

a

particular

school

of

thought

or

approach

as

maybe

they

once

were

and

many

draw

inspiration

from

various

sources

and

ideas

inside

and

even

outside

of

psychology.

This

means

that

the

issues

and

debates

we’ve

discussed

in

this

book

will

continue

to

evolve

and

be

discussed

by

psychologists

quite

possibly

for

several

decades

or

more,

and

there

will

no

doubt

be

numerous

further

twists,

turns

and

developments

to

come.

Further

reading

Seligman,

M.

E.

P.,

&

Csikszentmihalyi,

M.

(2000).

Positive

psychology:

An

introduction.

American

Psychologist,

55

(1),

5–14.

Simonton,

D.

K.

(2004).

Psychology’s

status

as

a

scientiﬁc

discipline:

It’s

empirical

placement

within

an

implicit

hierarchy

of

the

sciences.

Review

of

General

Psychology,

8

(1),

59–67.

Weisberg,

D.

S.,

Keil,

F.

C.,

Goodstein,

J.,

Rawson,

E.,

&

Gray,

J.

(2008).

The

seductive

allure

of

neuroscience

explanations.

Journal

of

Cognitive

Neuroscience,

20

(3)

,

470–477.