Reasoning and argument in psychology. created by Philip Brian Bell and Phillip James Staines

By:

Bell, Philip Brian [author]

Contributor(s):

Staines, Phillip James [author]

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Publication details: London Routledge & Paul, 1981Description: 217 pagesContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

0710007124

Subject(s):

Reasoning (Psychology)

Contents:

Part I Theory; Chapter 1 Understandning and evaluating statements, 2 - Understandning and evaluating statements, 3 - Explanation, 4 - Definition and clarification of terms, 5 - Interpreting psychological evidence, 6 - Some common weaknesses in psychological argument, 7 - Purposive and reductionist explanations Part II Practice Chapter 8 Researching psychological projects, 9 - Writing essays, 10 - Reporting experiments

Summary: The first part of the book deals with the nature and uses of argument in psychology, problems in the definiion of terms, and the evaluation of evidence and some theoretical issues of fundamental importance to psychology. The second part covers the research, preparation and presentation of essays and empirical reports. The book contains a wealth of information which will help the student understand the problems of defining terms, evaluating issues and competing explanations, and psychological arguments and concepts.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Book	School of Social Work Library Open Shelf	BF441 BEL (Browse shelf(Opens below))	149079	Available		BK135426

Includes bibliographical references and index

The first part of the book deals with the nature and uses of argument in psychology, problems in the definiion of terms, and the evaluation of evidence and some theoretical issues of fundamental importance to psychology. The second part covers the research, preparation and presentation of essays and empirical reports. The book contains a wealth of information which will help the student understand the problems of defining terms, evaluating issues and competing explanations, and psychological arguments and concepts.