Psychology and 'Human Nature'

Psychology and 'Human Nature'problematizes what psychology usually takes for granted - the meaning of the psyche or 'human nature'. Peter Ashworth provides a coherent account of many of the major schools of thought in psychology and its related disciplines, including: sociobiology and evolutionary psychology, psychoanalysis, cognitive psychology, radical behaviourism, existentialism, discursive psychology and postmodernism. For each approach he considers the claims or assumptions being made about 'human nature', especially regarding issues of consciousness, the self, the body, other people and the physical worldPsychology and 'Human Nature'will be essential reading for all students of psychologySeries Details; The Psychology Focus Series provides students with a new focus on key topic areas in psychologyEach short book* presents clear, in-depth coverage of a discrete area with many applied example* assumes no prior knowlede of psycholog* has been written by an experienced teache* has chapter summaries, annotated further reading and a glossary of key terms