Psychology

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Psychology: The Science of Mind and Behaviour has established itself as the benchmark introductory psychology textbook over the last decade. Now in its fourth edition it has been updated in line with recent significant developments in psychology, both as an academic discipline and the ways in which it is taught. As well as offering a dear introduction to all of the key subject areas, this new edition addresses somé of the major applied areas of psychological research, induding health psychology, criminological psychology, and the social psychology of sport. It alsó covers areas not dealt with in previous editions, such as parapsychology and substance abuse. Now complete with a larger, fully illustrated, two-colour design, this new edition is more readerfriendly than ever and features: • An extensive Introduction & overview, setting the scene for the whole chapter • Shorter chapters, broken down into smaller sections, making it much easier to assimilate the material • Full chapter... Tovább

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Psychology: The Science of Mind and Behaviour has established itself as the benchmark introductory psychology textbook over the last decade. Now in its fourth edition it has been updated in line with recent significant developments in psychology, both as an academic discipline and the ways in which it is taught. As well as offering a dear introduction to all of the key subject areas, this new edition addresses somé of the major applied areas of psychological research, induding health psychology, criminological psychology, and the social psychology of sport. It alsó covers areas not dealt with in previous editions, such as parapsychology and substance abuse. Now complete with a larger, fully illustrated, two-colour design, this new edition is more readerfriendly than ever and features: • An extensive Introduction & overview, setting the scene for the whole chapter • Shorter chapters, broken down into smaller sections, making it much easier to assimilate the material • Full chapter summaries to aid revision • Interactive and self-assessment questions to stimulate discussion and aid understanding • Lists of websites for further research at the end of every chapter • Recommended further reading at the end of every chapter All in all, Psychology: The Science of Mind and Behaviour edition provides the ideál introduction to psychology for students on a variety of courses, induding A level, undergraduate and nursing. 'In short this is a major contribution to the teaching of psychology. It has great worth as an introductory text, and as a subsequent revision and reference book (or psychology students in many areas and at a number of standards apart from A level. For sheer technical competence, apart from its virtues of darity and readability, I cannot think of its equal/ Times Educational Supplement Vissza