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Psychology : a new introduction for A level / Richard Gross ... [et al.]

Contributor(s): Gross, Richard D.
Publisher: London : Hodder Arnold, 2000Edition: 2nd ed.Description: xvi, 928 p. : ill. ; 28 cm + 1 study guide, viii, 264 p. ; 30 cm.ISBN: 0340776897 (pbk.); 0340804157 (Study guide).Subject(s): PsychologyDDC classification: 150
Contents:
Part 1: AS level. - 1. An introduction to psychology and its approaches. - Unit 1. Cognitive and developmental psychology. - 2. Human memory. - 3. Attachments in development. - Unit 2. Physiological psychology and individual differences. - 4. Stress. - 5. Abnormality. - Unit 3. Social psychology and research methods. - 6. Social influence. - 7. Research methods. - Part 2: A2 (A Level). - Unit 4. Social, physiological, cognitive, developmental and comparative psychology. - Social psychology. - Part 1: Social cognition. - 8. Attribution of causality. - 9. Social perception. - 10. Prejudice and discrimination. - Part 2: Relationships. - 11. Attraction and the formation of relationships. - 13. Maintenance and dissolution of relationships. - 13. Cultural and sub-cultural differences in relationships. - Part 3: Pro-and anti-social behaviour. - 14. The nature and causes of aggression. - 15. Altuism and bystander behaviour. -16. Media influences on pro-and anti-social behaviour. - Physiological psychology. - 17. Methods of investigating the brain. - 18. Localisation of function in the cerebral cortex. - 19. Lateralisation of function in the cerebral cortex. - Part 2: Biological rhythms, sleep and dreaming. - 20. Biological rhythms. - 21. Sleep. - 22. Dreaming. - Part 3: Motivation and emotion. - 23. Brain mechanisms of motivation. - 24. Theories of motivation. - 25. Emotion. - Cognitive psychology. - Part 1: Attention and pattern recognition. - 26. Focused attention. - 27. Divided attention. - 28. Pattern recognition. - Part 2: Perceptual processes and development. - 29. The visual system. - 30. Perceptual organisation. - 31. Perceptual development. - Part 3: Language and thought. - 32. Language and culture. - 33. Language acquisition. - 34. Problem-solving and decision-making. - Developmental psychology. - Part 1: Cognitive development. - 35. The development of thinking. - 36. The development of measured intelligence. - 37. Development of moral understanding. - Part 2: Social and personality development. - 38. Personality development. - 39. Gender development. - 40. Adolescence. - Part 3: Adulthood. - 41. Early and middle adulhood. - 42. Family and relationships in adulthood. - 43. Cognitive changes in the late adulthood. - Comparative psychology. - Part 1: Determinants of animal behaviour. - 44. Evolutionary explanations of animal behaviour. - 45. Classical and operant conditioning. - 46. Social learning in non-human animals. - Part 2: Animal cognition. - 47. Animal navigation. - 48. Animal communication and language. - 49. Memory in non-humans. - Part 3: Evolutionary explanations of human behaviour. - 50. Human reproductive behaviour. - 51. Evolutionary explanations of mental disorders. - 52. The evolution of intelligence. - Unit 5. Individual differences and perspectives. - Individual differences, - Part 1: Issues in the classification and diagnosis of psychological abnormality. - 53. Classificatory systems.- 54. Multiple personality disorder (dissociative identity disorder) - 55. Culture-bound syndromes. - Part 2: Psychopathology. - 56. Schizophrenia. - 57. Depression. - 58. Anxiety disorders. - Part 3: Treating mental disorders. - 59. Biological (somatic) therapies. - 60. Behavioural therapies. - 61. alternatives to biological and behavioural therapies. - Perspectives. - Part 1: Issues. - 62. Bias in psychological theory and research. - 63. Ethical issues in psychology. - Part 2: Debates. - 64. Free will and determinism, and reductionism. - 65. Psychology as a science. - 66. Nature and nuture. - Appendices. - Appendix 1: Data analysis. - Appendix 2: Report writing. - Appendix 3: Statistical tables. - References. - Index.
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Previous ed.: / Richard Gross and Rob McIlveen. 1998.

Part 1: AS level. - 1. An introduction to psychology and its approaches. - Unit 1. Cognitive and developmental psychology. - 2. Human memory. - 3. Attachments in development. - Unit 2. Physiological psychology and individual differences. - 4. Stress. - 5. Abnormality. - Unit 3. Social psychology and research methods. - 6. Social influence. - 7. Research methods. - Part 2: A2 (A Level). - Unit 4. Social, physiological, cognitive, developmental and comparative psychology. - Social psychology. - Part 1: Social cognition. - 8. Attribution of causality. - 9. Social perception. - 10. Prejudice and discrimination. - Part 2: Relationships. - 11. Attraction and the formation of relationships. - 13. Maintenance and dissolution of relationships. - 13. Cultural and sub-cultural differences in relationships. - Part 3: Pro-and anti-social behaviour. - 14. The nature and causes of aggression. - 15. Altuism and bystander behaviour. -16. Media influences on pro-and anti-social behaviour. - Physiological psychology. - 17. Methods of investigating the brain. - 18. Localisation of function in the cerebral cortex. - 19. Lateralisation of function in the cerebral cortex. - Part 2: Biological rhythms, sleep and dreaming. - 20. Biological rhythms. - 21. Sleep. - 22. Dreaming. - Part 3: Motivation and emotion. - 23. Brain mechanisms of motivation. - 24. Theories of motivation. - 25. Emotion. - Cognitive psychology. - Part 1: Attention and pattern recognition. - 26. Focused attention. - 27. Divided attention. - 28. Pattern recognition. - Part 2: Perceptual processes and development. - 29. The visual system. - 30. Perceptual organisation. - 31. Perceptual development. - Part 3: Language and thought. - 32. Language and culture. - 33. Language acquisition. - 34. Problem-solving and decision-making. - Developmental psychology. - Part 1: Cognitive development. - 35. The development of thinking. - 36. The development of measured intelligence. - 37. Development of moral understanding. - Part 2: Social and personality development. - 38. Personality development. - 39. Gender development. - 40. Adolescence. - Part 3: Adulthood. - 41. Early and middle adulhood. - 42. Family and relationships in adulthood. - 43. Cognitive changes in the late adulthood. - Comparative psychology. - Part 1: Determinants of animal behaviour. - 44. Evolutionary explanations of animal behaviour. - 45. Classical and operant conditioning. - 46. Social learning in non-human animals. - Part 2: Animal cognition. - 47. Animal navigation. - 48. Animal communication and language. - 49. Memory in non-humans. - Part 3: Evolutionary explanations of human behaviour. - 50. Human reproductive behaviour. - 51. Evolutionary explanations of mental disorders. - 52. The evolution of intelligence. - Unit 5. Individual differences and perspectives. - Individual differences, - Part 1: Issues in the classification and diagnosis of psychological abnormality. - 53. Classificatory systems.- 54. Multiple personality disorder (dissociative identity disorder) - 55. Culture-bound syndromes. - Part 2: Psychopathology. - 56. Schizophrenia. - 57. Depression. - 58. Anxiety disorders. - Part 3: Treating mental disorders. - 59. Biological (somatic) therapies. - 60. Behavioural therapies. - 61. alternatives to biological and behavioural therapies. - Perspectives. - Part 1: Issues. - 62. Bias in psychological theory and research. - 63. Ethical issues in psychology. - Part 2: Debates. - 64. Free will and determinism, and reductionism. - 65. Psychology as a science. - 66. Nature and nuture. - Appendices. - Appendix 1: Data analysis. - Appendix 2: Report writing. - Appendix 3: Statistical tables. - References. - Index.

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