Rethinking psychology : good science, bad science, pseudoscience /

"Balancing readability with intellectual rigour, this is an essential guide to the complex relationship between psychology, science, and pseudoscience. Unique in its focus on the philosophy of science within psychology, it critiques controversial practices and challenges the biases which threat...

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Main Author: Hughes, Brian, 1971- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London ; New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2016.
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Summary:"Balancing readability with intellectual rigour, this is an essential guide to the complex relationship between psychology, science, and pseudoscience. Unique in its focus on the philosophy of science within psychology, it critiques controversial practices and challenges the biases which threaten academic rigour within the field"--
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references (pages 256-279) and index.
Physical Description:ix, 285 pages ; 24 cm
ISBN:9781137303943
1137303948
9781137303974
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