Psychology : the science of mind and behaviour / Richard D. Gross.
Material type: TextPublication details: London : Hodder & Stoughton, 1992.Edition: 2nd edDescription: xiii,1036p. : ill., ports. ; 25cmISBN:- 9780340561362 (pbk) :
- 9780340561362
- 034056136X
- 0340647620
- 150 GRO
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Long Loan | TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone General Lending | 150 GRO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 00214735 |
Previous ed.: London: Edward Arnold, 1987.
Includes index.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 995-1022) and index.
Part one: The nature and scope of psychology -- 1.What is psychology? -- 2.Is psychology a science? -- 3.Psychology and ethics -- Part two: The biological basis of behaviour and experience -- 5.States of consciousness -- 6.Motivation, emotion and stress -- 7.Learning -- Part three: Sensory and cognitive processes -- 8.Sensory processes -- 9.Perception -- 10.Perception: the nature-nurture debate -- 11.Attention -- -12.Memory -- 13.Language and thought -- 14.Thinking, problem-solving and artificial intelligence -- Part four: social behaviour -- 15.The ethological and sociological approach to the study of behaviour -- 16.Pro-and anti-social behaviour -- 17.Interpersonal perception -- 18.Interpersonal attraction -- 19.Attitutdes, attitude change and prejudice -- 20.Social influences -- Part five: developmental processes -- 21.Childhood and adolescence - development of personality and the self-concept -- 22.Attachment and separation: the effects of early experience -- 23.Sex and gender -- 24.Adulthood and old age - development of personality and the self-concept -- 25.Cognitive development -- 26.Language development -- 27.Moral development -- Part six: individual differences -- 28.Intelligence -- 29.Personality -- 30.Psychopathology -- 31.Treatments and therapies.
Following the AEB syllabus psychology course, this book takes a modular approach by using case study material. The topics covered include psychology and ethics, sensory processes, perception, memory, language and thought and pro- and anti-social behaviour.