Measurement in Psychology - POD TITLE

Zusammenfassung This book traces how such a seemingly immutable idea as measurement proved so malleable when it collided with the subject matter of psychology. It locates the philosophical and social influences reshaping the concept and identifies a fundamental problem: are psychological attributes really quantitative? Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Trusting number, forsaking measure; 2. The mental measurement nexus; 3. The logic of quantification; 4. Safety in numbers; 5. Break-out from the classical paradigm; 6. Beyond measure; 7. Made to measure; 8. The revolution 'that never happened'.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Joel Michell
• Collaboration: Lorraine Daston (Editeur), Quentin Skinner (Editeur)
• Edition: Cambridge University Press Academic
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre Broché
• Sortie: 20.10.2005
• EAN: 9780521021517
• ISBN: 978-0-521-02151-7
• Dimensions: 155 mm x 227 mm x 17 mm
• Thème: Ideas in Context
• Catégories: Littérature spécialisée > Psychologie, ésotérique, spiritualité, anthroposophie > Psychologie: général, ouvrages de référence; Sciences naturelles, médecine, informatique, technique > Médecine