Psychology: an introduction is a comprehensive psychology textbook which provides students with a sound theoretical foundation and gives them the tools todevelop their own ideas and to engage critically with the content. 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 engagecritically 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. INDICE: Part 1: Introduction to Psychology Finding out about people Research Methods in Psychology Part 2: Developmental Psychology Prenatal and neonatal development Preschool development Middle childhood Adolescence Adulthood andaging Part 3 Personality Mainstream theories and non-mainstream approaches topersonality Personality assessment Part 4: Brain and behavior Biological psychology Neuropsychology Sensation and perception Part 5: Cognitive psychology The biological basis of perception and disorders of vision Learning Motivation Thinking Attention Memory Language Intelligence Part 6: Social psychology Interpersonal attraction Group concepts Contextual factors in social psychology: Poverty and ethnicity Contextual factors in social psychology: Sex and gender Violence and traumatic stress; peacemaking and peace building Part 7: Psychology and health Risk behaviour and stress Psychopharmacology and substance abuse Nutrition and HIV/AIDS, TB and parasites Part 8: Mental health PsychopathologyPsychotherapies Community mental health Part 9: Organisational psychology Organisational psychology
- ISBN: 978-0-19-599511-4
- Editorial: Oxford University
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
- Páginas: 576
- Fecha Publicación: 08/09/2011
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés