Psychology Express: Conceptual and Historical Issues, 2nd edition

Published by Pearson (April 9, 2025) © 2025

  • Brian M. Hughes University of Galway

eTextbook in Pearson+

undefined
Products list

In this eTextbook — More ways to learn

  • More flexible. Start learning right away, on any device.
  • More supportive. Get AI explanations and practice questions (select titles).
  • More interactive. Bring learning to life with audio, videos, and diagrams.
  • More memorable. Make concepts stick with highlights, search, notes, and flashcards.
  • More understandable. Translate text into 100+ languages with one tap.

Title overview

Get the best learning experience when preparing for your assessments with the Pearson eTextbook.

A text blending academic and practitioner material, this all-in-one eTextbook offers leading content and a range of digital tools, with integrated resources designed to support your learning.

With eTextbooks, you can:

  • Customise how you study and add your own notes, bookmarks, and highlights directly in your eTextbook
  • Organise your studying and time and read online or offline, anytime, anywhere
  • Optimise your study with learning content you can access via your computer, mobile, and Android apps
  • Study for your course using an environmentally and accessible friendly learning resource.
  • Test your understanding of a topic with end-of-chapter multiple-choice tests
  • Get immediate feedback on your answers to practice questions with click and reveal answers and answer guidelines

Find out more about the benefits of Pearson eTextbooks.

Table of contents

Acknowledgements

Introduction

Guided tour

Chapter 1 Explaining People: Theoretical Psychology Throughout the Ages

Chapter 2 Ways of Knowing: The Scientific Method and Its Alternatives

Chapter 3 From Philosophy to Laboratory: The Arrival of Empirical Psychology

Chapter 4 The Evolution of Measurement: From Physiognomy to Psychometrics

Chapter 5 The Behaviourist Revolution: Actions as Data

Chapter 6 The Cognitive Revolution: The Metaphor of Computation

Chapter 7 Neuroscience and Genetics: 21st Century Reductionism?

Chapter 8 Can Psychology Be Scientific?

Chapter 9 Subjectivist Approaches to Psychology

Chapter 10 The Problem of Consciousness

Chapter 11 Science Since the 20th Century: Postpositivism and Postmodernism

Chapter 12 Relativism, Constructivism, and their Implications for Psychology

Chapter 13 The Future of Psychology

Glossary of terms

References

Index

Need help?Get in touch