Psychology

An Introduction
3rd Auflage
ISBN: 978-0-19-599511-4
Verlag: Hurst & Co.

Buch, Englisch, 576 Seiten, Format (B × H): 211 mm x 277 mm, Gewicht: 1238 g

Sound theoretical foundation, research findings and relevant case studies give students the tools to develop their own ideas and to critique the theories of others.
Accessible language.
Narrative introduction to each chapter links topic to students' own lives.

Psychology: an introduction 3rd edition is a comprehensive psychology textbook aimed at first-year students. The third edition has been revised to focus on key areas of the undergraduate syllabus. The book retains its strength in providing students with a sound theoretical foundation, as well as streamlining the detail provided in the narrative introductions, research findings and relevant case studies. This gives students the tools to develop their own ideas and to engage critically with the content. Psychology: an introduction provides an excellent foundation for students pursuing careers in diverse fields, such as health, education, business, and social development.

Zielgruppe

Undergraduate students (first year) studying an introductory course in Psychology

Autoren/Hrsg.

Swartz, Leslie

de la Rey, Cheryl

Duncan, Norman

Townsend, Loraine

O'Neill, Vivien

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychologie / Allgemeines & Theorie Psychologie: Allgemeines

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Part 1: Introduction to Psychology
1: Finding out about people
2: Research Methods in Psychology
Part 2: Developmental Psychology
3: Prenatal and neonatal development
4: Preschool development
5: Middle childhood
6: Adolescence
7: Adulthood and aging
Part 3 Personality
8: Mainstream theories and non-mainstream approaches to personality
9: Personality assessment
Part 4: Brain and behavior
10: Biological psychology
11: Neuropsychology
12: Sensation and perception
Part 5: Cognitive psychology
13: The biological basis of perception and disorders of vision
14: Learning
15: Motivation
16: Thinking
17: Attention
18: Memory
19: Language
20: Intelligence
Part 6: Social psychology
21: Interpersonal attraction
22: Group concepts
23: Contextual factors in social psychology: Poverty and ethnicity
24: Contextual factors in social psychology: Sex and gender
25: Violence and traumatic stress; peacemaking and peace building
Part 7: Psychology and health
26: Risk behaviour and stress
27: Psychopharmacology and substance abuse
28: Nutrition and HIV/AIDS, TB and parasites
Part 8: Mental health
29: Psychopathology
30: Psychotherapies
31: Community mental health
Part 9: Organisational psychology
32: Organisational psychology

Über Autor(innen)

Leslie Swartz, Cheryl de la Rey, Norman Duncan, Loraine Townsend, and Vivien O'Neill

Contributors:
Leslie Swartz.; Cheryl de la Rey.; Norman Duncan.; Loraine Townsend.