Essential Psychology (eBook, PDF)

Redaktion: Banyard, Philip; Winder, Belinda; Norman, Christine; Dillon, Gayle

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Essential Psychology provides a thorough and accessible introduction to the field of psychology. Written by a team of expert authors, this book warmly welcomes you to all the areas covered on British Psychological Society accredited degree courses.

It includes chapters focused on evolution, memory, thinking and reasoning, motivation and emotion, development, and personality. New to this Fourth Edition are two chapters which focus on racism in psychology and LGBTQ+ psychology. It applies psychological theory to the real world, and includes a wealth of learning features to support your learning, including critical reflections and discussion questions that nurture creative thinking beyond the syllabus.

This is the ideal introductory textbook for undergraduate students of psychology and those undertaking a Master's conversion course in psychology.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: SAGE Publications
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. März 2024
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781529675344
• Artikelnr.: 70092889

Inhaltsangabe

SECTION A: The Foundations of Modern Psychology: What We Know About Human Beings Chapter 1: Once Upon a Time ... The Evolution of Human Behaviour - James Stiller and Philip Banyard Chapter 2: How Psychology Became a Science - Sarah Buglass
Lydia Harkin
Peter Macaulay
Luke Vinter
Rosie Daly
and Noor Ali Chapter 3: Psychology
Racism and Coloniality - Phil Banyard and Emeka Okoli Chapter 4: The Replication Crisis - Mark Andrews and Lucy Justice SECTION B: Cognitive Psychology: How We Think and Make Sense of the World Chapter 5: Memory - Thom Baguley
Nikolas Pautz
Harriet Smith
Lucy Justice and Duncan Guest Chapter 6: An Introduction to Sensation
Perception and Attention - Andrew K. Dunn
Paula C. Stacey and Kate Roberts Chapter 7: Learning - Andrew MacKenzie and Phil Banyard Chapter 8: Problem Solving and Reasoning - Gary Jones
Georgina Gous
Mark J.T. Sergeant
Antonio Castro and Angharad Williams SECTION C: Biological Psychology: How Our Brains Affect Our Behaviour Chapter 9: The Human Nervous System: Functional Anatomy - Antonio Castro
Gary Jones
Mark J.T. Sergeant and Samuel Jones Chapter 10: Communication within the Brain - Lucy Webster
Rachel R. Horsley and Christine Norman Chapter 11: Motivation and Emotion - Sebastiano Costa
Joshua Baker
Preethi Premkumar
Pancy Poon and Nikki Stevenson SECTION D: Social Psychology: How We Interact with Each Other Chapter 12: Behaviour within Groups - Mhairi Bowe and Juliet Wakefield Chapter 13: Behaviour between Groups - Juliet Wakefield and Mhairi Bowe Chapter 14: Social Judgements and Behaviour - Sebastian Teicher and Maria Kontogianni SECTION E: Developmental Psychology: How We Grow and Change Chapter 15: Development during the Early Years - Lucy Betts
James Stiller
Rebecca Larkin
Gareth Williams and Kate Ellis-Davies Chapter 16: Development during the School Years - James Stiller
Lucy Betts
Rebecca Larkin
Gareth Williams and Emma Aquadro Chapter 17: Atypical Child Development - Lai-Sang Iao
Matthew K. Belmonte
Gayle Dillon
Andrew Grayson and Susannah Lamb Chapter 18: Adulthood to Ageing - Olatz Lopez-Fernandez
Rebecca Stack
Suvo Mitra and Louise A. Brown Nicholls SECTION F: The Psychology of Individual Differences: How We Know and Measure Our Individuality Chapter 19: Personality - David J. Wilde
Nadja Heym
Loren Abell
Glenn A. Williams
and Emanuele Fino Chapter 20: Psychopathology - Sarah McDonald
Palwinder Athwal-Kooner
Karen Slade and Michael Underwood Chapter 21: LGBTQ+ Psychology - Mollie Baldwin
Liam Cahill
Sally Evans
Anthony J. Gifford
Bryony Harper
Bethany A. Jones
Mohammad Malik
Daragh T. McDermott
Chase Staras
and Belinda Winder Chapter 22: Self - Jill Arnold
Ben Oldfield and Filipa Da Costa Rico Calado SECTION G: Applied Psychology: How We Use Psychology Chapter 23: Psychological Interventions - Karen Slade
Palwinder Athwal-Kooner
Sarah McDonald and Simon Scott Chapter 24: Health Psychology - Kristina Newman
Rebecca Stack
Mike Rennoldson
Eva Zysk
Eva Sundin and Preethi Premkumar Chapter 25: Forensic Psychology - Rebecca Lievesley
Sebastian Teicher
Lorraine Smith and Ellie Woodward Chapter 26: Language and Literacy - Jens Roeser
Clare Wood
and Hannah Phelan