Measurement in Psychology: A Critical History of a Methodological Concept

by Joel Michell and Michell

Book Overview

This book traces how such a seemingly immutable idea as measurement proved so debatable when it collided with the subject matter of psychology. This book addresses philosophical and social influences (such as scientism, practicalism, and Pythagoreanism) reshaping the concept of measurement and identifies a fundamental problem at the core of this reshaping: the issue of whether psychological attributes really are quantitative. The author argues that...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521621208
• ISBN13: 9780521621205
• Release Date: June 1999
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 268 Pages
• Weight: 1.32 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.3" x 9.4"