gogo
Amazon cover image
Image from Amazon.com

Psychology : the science of mind and behaviour / Richard Gross.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: London : Hodder Education, 2010.Edition: 6th edDescription: viii, 902 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), ports. (some col.) ; 28 cmISBN:
  • 9781444108316 (pbk.) :
  • 9781444108316 (Paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 150 GRO
LOC classification:
  • BF121 .G76 2010
Contents:
Part I: The nature and scope of psychology -- 1.What is this thing called psychology? -- 2.Theoretical approaches to psychology -- 3.Psychology as a science -- Part 2: The biological basis of behaviour and experience -- 4.The nervous system -- 5.Sensory processes -- 6.Parapsychology -- 7.States of consciousness and bodily rhythms -- 8.Addictive behaviour -- 9.Motivation -- 10.Emotion -- 11.Learning and conditioning -- 12.Application: health psychology -- Part 3: Cognitive psychology -- 13.Attention -- 14.Pattern recognition -- 15.Perception: processes and theories -- 16.The development of perceptual abilities -- 17.Memory and forgetting -- 18.Language and thought -- 19.Language acquisition -- 20.Problem-solving, decision-making and artificial intelligence -- 21.Application: cognition and the law -- 22.Part 4: Social psyhology -- 22.Social perception -- 23.Attribution -- 24.Attitudes and attitude change -- 25.Prejudice and discrimination -- 26.Conformity and group influence -- 27.Obedience -- 28.Interpersonal relationships -- 29.Agression and antisocial behaviour -- 30.Altruism and prosocial behaviour -- 31.Application: the social psychology of sport -- Part 5: Developmental psychology -- 32.Early experience and social development -- 33.Development of the self-concept -- 34.Cognitive development -- 35.Moral development -- 36.Gender development -- 37.Adolescence -- 38.Adulthood -- 39.Old age -- 40.Application: exceptional development -- Part 6.Individual differences -- 41.Intelligence -- 42.Personality -- 43.Psychological abnormality; definitions and classification -- 44.Psychopathology -- 45.Treatments and therapies -- 46.Application: criminological psychology -- Part 7: Issues and debates -- 48.Ethical issues in psychology -- 49.Free will and determinism, and reductionism -- 50.Nature and nuture.
Summary: Richard Gross offers a clear introduction to the key areas of psychology - the nature and scope of psychology, the biological basis of behaviour and experience, cognitive, social and developmental psychology, and individual differences.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Long Loan TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone Nursing Collection 150 GRO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 215530
Short Loan TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone Nursing Collection 150 GRO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 215529
Short Loan TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone Nursing Collection 150 GRO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 215528
Two Hour Loan TUS: Midlands, Main Library AIT 2 Hour Loan 150 GRO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 215461
Long Loan TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone General Lending 150 GRO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 215460
Short Loan TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone General Lending 150 GRO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 215459

Previous ed.: London: Hodder Arnold, 2005.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part I: The nature and scope of psychology -- 1.What is this thing called psychology? -- 2.Theoretical approaches to psychology -- 3.Psychology as a science -- Part 2: The biological basis of behaviour and experience -- 4.The nervous system -- 5.Sensory processes -- 6.Parapsychology -- 7.States of consciousness and bodily rhythms -- 8.Addictive behaviour -- 9.Motivation -- 10.Emotion -- 11.Learning and conditioning -- 12.Application: health psychology -- Part 3: Cognitive psychology -- 13.Attention -- 14.Pattern recognition -- 15.Perception: processes and theories -- 16.The development of perceptual abilities -- 17.Memory and forgetting -- 18.Language and thought -- 19.Language acquisition -- 20.Problem-solving, decision-making and artificial intelligence -- 21.Application: cognition and the law -- 22.Part 4: Social psyhology -- 22.Social perception -- 23.Attribution -- 24.Attitudes and attitude change -- 25.Prejudice and discrimination -- 26.Conformity and group influence -- 27.Obedience -- 28.Interpersonal relationships -- 29.Agression and antisocial behaviour -- 30.Altruism and prosocial behaviour -- 31.Application: the social psychology of sport -- Part 5: Developmental psychology -- 32.Early experience and social development -- 33.Development of the self-concept -- 34.Cognitive development -- 35.Moral development -- 36.Gender development -- 37.Adolescence -- 38.Adulthood -- 39.Old age -- 40.Application: exceptional development -- Part 6.Individual differences -- 41.Intelligence -- 42.Personality -- 43.Psychological abnormality; definitions and classification -- 44.Psychopathology -- 45.Treatments and therapies -- 46.Application: criminological psychology -- Part 7: Issues and debates -- 48.Ethical issues in psychology -- 49.Free will and determinism, and reductionism -- 50.Nature and nuture.

Richard Gross offers a clear introduction to the key areas of psychology - the nature and scope of psychology, the biological basis of behaviour and experience, cognitive, social and developmental psychology, and individual differences.

Powered by Koha