Psychology - A Study of a Masquerade

By Manfred Velden

Since its inception as a field of science in the 19th century, psychology as it is now offered at universities has made great efforts to become a quantitative discipline on par with the natural sciences. Using a variety of different examples, Manfred Velden shows that this is all just a charade where scientific methods are employed without delivering any correspondingly reliable results. The impact of this kind of science has sometimes been downright disastrous; for example, in connection with immigration, forced sterilization, university admissions or the debate on racial differences.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3899717791
• ISBN13: 9783899717792
• Release Date: January 2014
• Publisher: V&R Unipress
• Length: 250 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.4" x 9.3"