Success in Psychology (Success Studybooks)
Edition: 2Rev Ed edition
Publisher: Hodder Murray
Published: June 27, 2001
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 573
ISBN-13: 9780719572098
Subjects: Psychology; Designed / suitable for A & AS Level; For GNVQ (General National Vocational Qualification); For NVQ / SVQ (National / Scottish Vocational Qualification)
Table of contents: title: Coverage of AQA and Edexcel AS/A2 Specifications
pagenum: x; title: Acknowledgements
pagenum: xi; title: Preface to First Edition
pagenum: xiii; title: Preface to Second Edition
pagenum: xiv; label: Unit 1
title: 'Doing Psychology': Skills for Study and Research
pagenum: 1; title: General Study Skills
pagenum: 1; title: You Have More Time Than You Think
pagenum: 2; title: Use the Specification
pagenum: 2; title: Improve Your Reading Skills
pagenum: 3; title: Use a Range of Sources
pagenum: 3; title: Use Selective Highlighting
pagenum: 3; title: Make Notes That Work
pagenum: 5; title: Know the Key People
pagenum: 5; title: Know the Key Terms
pagenum: 6; title: Use Note Cards
pagenum: 6; title: Record Your Sources
pagenum: 6; title: Use Diagrams
pagenum: 7; title: Use Mnemonics
pagenum: 8; title: Use Topic Summaries
pagenum: 8; title: Use Tapes
pagenum: 8; title: AS Psychology - Some Specific Pointers
pagenum: 8; title: Know the Specification Assessment Objectives
pagenum: 9; title: Make the Connections
pagenum: 9; title: Research - How Do We 'Do' Psychology?
pagenum: 10; title: Checking a Simple Fact
pagenum: 10; title: Research for Coursework
pagenum: 11; title: Research for a Structured Question or an Essay
pagenum: 11; title: A2 Psychology
pagenum: 12; title: Working with Statistics
pagenum: 12; title: Planning and Writing Coursework
pagenum: 15; title: Writing Essays
pagenum: 22; title: Examination Techniques
pagenum: 26; title: Terms Used in Exam Questions
pagenum: 26; title: Questions Using Stimulus Material
pagenum: 28; title: Suggested Revision Tactics
pagenum: 29; title: Advice for Sitting the Exam
pagenum: 29; title: Selected Reading List
pagenum: 30; label: Unit 2
title: Psychological Research Methods (AS) and Approaches, Debates, Perspectives and Issues (A2)
pagenum: 31; title: The Development of Psychology
pagenum: 32; title: Early Beginnings
pagenum: 32; title: The Birth of Psychology as a Science
pagenum: 33; title: Methods in Psychology
pagenum: 35; title: The Experimental Method
pagenum: 36; title: Non-experimental Methods
pagenum: 37; title: Ethical Issues in Psychology
pagenum: 40; title: Ethical Issues with Human Participants
pagenum: 40; title: Ethical Issues with Non-human Participants
pagenum: 42; title: Wider Ethical Issues
pagenum: 45; title: Socially Sensitive Research
pagenum: 46; title: The Responsibility of the Researcher to Respect Social and Cultural Diversity
pagenum: 49; title: Psychological Perspectives
pagenum: 50; title: Behaviourism
pagenum: 50; title: The Psychoanalytic Approach
pagenum: 52; title: The Cognitive Approach
pagenum: 53; title: The Humanistic Approach
pagenum: 54; title: The Neurobiological Approach
pagenum: 54; title: Debates in Psychology - The Nature of the Person
pagenum: 56; title: Free Will and Determinism
pagenum: 57; title: Reductionism
pagenum: 59; title: Examination Questions
pagenum: 61; title: Selected Reading List
pagenum: 67; label: Unit 3
title: Social Psychology: How Do We Relate to Others?
pagenum: 68; title: Social Cognition
pagenum: 69; title: Historical Perspective
pagenum: 69; title: The Influence of Social Factors on Perception
pagenum: 70; title: Attribution Theory
pagenum: 76; title: Stereotypes, Prejudice and Discrimination
pagenum: 80; title: Social Relationships
pagenum: 86; title: Attraction
pagenum: 87; title: Theories of Attraction
pagenum: 88; title: Relationships - Formation, Maintenance and Dissolution
pagenum: 90; title: Components of Relationships
pagenum: 94; title: Individual, Social and Cultural Variations in Relationships
pagenum: 98; title: The Effects of Interpersonal Relationships
pagenum: 100; title: Social Influence
pagenum: 104; title: Conformity
pagenum: 104; title: Obedience
pagenum: 107; title: Independent Behaviour
pagenum: 110; title: Social Power
pagenum: 111; title: Collective Behaviour
pagenum: 113; title: Pro- and Antisocial Behaviour
pagenum: 115; title: Altruism and Bystander Behaviour
pagenum: 115; title: Social-Psychological Theories of Aggression
pagenum: 119; title: The Reduction and Control of Aggressive Behaviour
pagenum: 122; title: Media Influence on Pro- and Antisocial Behaviour
pagenum: 123; title: Individual, Social and Cultural Diversity in Pro- and Antisocial Behaviour
pagenum: 126; title: Social Constructionism
pagenum: 128; title: Revision and Practice
pagenum: 129; title: Coursework Opportunity
pagenum: 129; title: Examination Questions
pagenum: 129; title: Selected Reading List
pagenum: 132; label: Unit 4
title: Cognitive Psychology: How Do We Think?
pagenum: 133; title: Information Processing
pagenum: 135; title: Models of Information Processing
pagenum: 135; title: Perception
pagenum: 137; title: Visual Perception - The Human Visual System
pagenum: 137; title: Perceptual Processes - Theories of Perception
pagenum: 138; title: How Do We Recognise Things?
pagenum: 147; title: Illusions
pagenum: 151; title: Influences on Perception
pagenum: 154; title: Perceptual Development
pagenum: 156; title: Perceptual Organisation
pagenum: 158; title: Attention
pagenum: 159; title: Models of Attention
pagenum: 160; title: Focused Visual Attention
pagenum: 167; title: Flaws in Attention
pagenum: 168; title: Pattern Recognition
pagenum: 170; title: Memory
pagenum: 172; title: The Study of Memory
pagenum: 172; title: Three Kinds of Memory
pagenum: 175; title: Three Processes of Memory
pagenum: 175; title: Three Stages of Memory
pagenum: 176; title: Models of Memory
pagenum: 176; title: Everyday Memory
pagenum: 186; title: Organisation of Information in Memory
pagenum: 191; title: Forgetting
pagenum: 194; title: The Physiological and Biochemical Bases of Memory
pagenum: 197; title: Practical Applications of Memory Theory
pagenum: 198; title: Language and Thought
pagenum: 201; title: Defining Language
pagenum: 201; title: Language Acquisition Theories
pagenum: 202; title: Production and Comprehension of Language
pagenum: 205; title: Thinking
pagenum: 210; title: The Relationship Between Language and Thought
pagenum: 214; title: Social and Cultural Variations in Language in Relation to Thought
pagenum: 216; title: Problem Solving
pagenum: 217; title: Approaches to Problem Solving
pagenum: 217; title: Adversary and Non-Adversary Problems
pagenum: 219; title: Heuristics and Algorithms
pagenum: 219; title: Computer Technology
pagenum: 220; title: Artificial Intelligence (AI)
pagenum: 220; title: Revision and Practice
pagenum: 222; title: Coursework Opportunity
pagenum: 222; title: Examination Questions
pagenum: 222; title: Selected Reading List
pagenum: 225; title: Solutions to Problems
pagenum: 225; label: Unit 5
title: Bio-Psychology and the Psychology of Health: How Do Our Systems Function?
pagenum: 227; title: Organisation of the Human Nervous Systems
pagenum: 228; title: The Neuron
pagenum: 230; title: Neurotransmission and Synaptic Activity
pagenum: 231; title: The Central Nervous System
pagenum: 236; title: The Peripheral Nervous System
pagenum: 242; title: The Endocrine System: Glands and Hormones
pagenum: 243; title: The Immune System
pagenum: 245; title: Psychopharmacology: The Effect of Drugs on Perception and Behaviour
pagenum: 246; title: Psychoactive Drugs
pagenum: 247; title: The Who and Why of Substance Abuse
pagenum: 250; title: Treatment and Prevention of Drug Abuse
pagenum: 251; title: Cortical Functions
pagenum: 252; title: Investigating Cortical Activity
pagenum: 252; title: Localisation of Brain Functions
pagenum: 255; title: Hemisphere Asymmetry
pagenum: 259; title: Neurophysiological Explanations of Visual Perception
pagenum: 262; title: Human States of Awareness
pagenum: 266; title: Body Rhythms
pagenum: 267; title: Sleep and Dreaming
pagenum: 270; title: Hypnosis
pagenum: 275; title: Motivation, Emotion and Stress
pagenum: 278; title: Motivation
pagenum: 278; title: Theories of Motivation
pagenum: 278; title: Emotion
pagenum: 282; title: Theories of Emotion
pagenum: 283; title: Stress
pagenum: 286; title: The Effects of Stress on the Body
pagenum: 287; title: Revision and Practice
pagenum: 297; title: Coursework Opportunity
pagenum: 297; title: Examination Questions
pagenum: 298; title: Selected Reading List
pagenum: 300; label: Unit 6
title: Comparative Psychology: What Makes Our Behaviour Human?
pagenum: 301; title: Evolution: An Introduction
pagenum: 302; title: Evolutionary Determinants of Behaviour
pagenum: 303; title: Theories and Approaches
pagenum: 303; title: Motivation
pagenum: 304; title: Instinct
pagenum: 305; title: Altruism
pagenum: 306; title: Evolutionary Explanations in Non-Humans
pagenum: 307; title: Reproduction Strategies
pagenum: 311; title: Genetic Transmission
pagenum: 311; title: Sexual Selection in Evolution
pagenum: 311; title: Parental Investment in Rearing Their Young
pagenum: 313; title: Mating Patterns and Parental Care
pagenum: 314; title: Evolutionary Explanations of Parent/Offspring Conflict
pagenum: 316; title: Kinship and Social Behaviour
pagenum: 317; title: Apparent Altruism
pagenum: 317; title: Social Cooperation in Non-Human Animals
pagenum: 318; title: Attachment
pagenum: 319; title: Signalling Systems in Non-Human Animals
pagenum: 322; title: Behavioural Analysis
pagenum: 328; title: Learning Theories
pagenum: 328; title: Social Learning in Non-Human Animals
pagenum: 335; title: Evolutionary Explanations of Human Behaviour
pagenum: 339; title: Revision and Practice
pagenum: 343; title: Coursework Opportunity
pagenum: 343; title: Examination Questions
pagenum: 343; title: Selected Reading List
pagenum: 346; label: Unit 7
title: Developmental Psychology: How Do We Become Who We Are?
pagenum: 347; title: Basic Issues in Developmental Psychology
pagenum: 348; title: The Nature-Nurture Debate
pagenum: 348; title: Development: Continuous or in Stages?
pagenum: 348; title: Theoretical Perspectives
pagenum: 349; title: The Psychoanalytic Approach
pagenum: 349; title: The Behaviourist Approach
pagenum: 349; title: The Cognitive Approach
pagenum: 349; title: The Ethological Approach
pagenum: 349; title: Freud's Stages of Psychosexual Development
pagenum: 350; title: The Oral Stage
pagenum: 350; title: The Anal Stage
pagenum: 351; title: The Phallic Stage
pagenum: 351; title: The Latency Stage
pagenum: 351; title: The Genital Stage
pagenum: 351; title: Cognitive Development
pagenum: 352; title: Theories of Cognitive Development
pagenum: 352; title: Practical Applications
pagenum: 356; title: The Development of Measured Intelligence
pagenum: 359; title: Early Socialisation
pagenum: 362; title: Early Emotional and Social Development
pagenum: 362; title: Development of Self
pagenum: 364; title: Gender Identity
pagenum: 365; title: Deprivation Effects
pagenum: 369; title: Enrichment Effects
pagenum: 370; title: The Effects of Day-care on Children's Cognitive and Social Development
pagenum: 370; title: Interactions Between Infant and Care Giver
pagenum: 371; title: Attachment
pagenum: 372; title: Social and Cultural Variations in Child Rearing
pagenum: 374; title: Moral Development
pagenum: 376; title: Adolescence, Adulthood and Old Age
pagenum: 379; title: Major Issues in Life-span Development
pagenum: 379; title: Stage and Non-stage Theories of Development
pagenum: 37; title: Life Events and Their Impact
pagenum: 384; title: Personality Change and Social Development: Theories and Research
pagenum: 392; title: Adjusting to Old Age
pagenum: 397; title: Revision and Practice
pagenum: 401; title: Coursework Opportunity
pagenum: 401; title: Examination Questions
pagenum: 401; title: Selected Reading List
pagenum: 404; label: Unit 8
title: Atypical Development and Abnormal Behaviour: What Makes an Individual Different?
pagenum: 405; title: Atypical Development
pagenum: 406; title: Definitions and Criteria
pagenum: 406; title: Explanations - Theories and Research
pagenum: 411; title: Abnormality
pagenum: 412; title: Evolution and Mental Disorders
pagenum: 412; title: Definitions of Normal and Abnormal Behaviour
pagenum: 412; title: Definitions of Abnormality
pagenum: 412; title: Models of Abnormality
pagenum: 414; title: Implications for Treatment
pagenum: 419; title: Cultural and Subcultural Differences
pagenum: 421; title: Culture-bound Behaviour Syndromes
pagenum: 422; title: Psychiatry and the 'Anti-psychiatry' View
pagenum: 423; title: Psychopathology
pagenum: 425; title: 'Medical Student's Illness'
pagenum: 425; title: The Classification of Abnormality and Psychological Disorders
pagenum: 425; title: Description and Explanation of Disorders
pagenum: 429; title: Anxiety Disorders
pagenum: 429; title: Affective Disorders
pagenum: 436; title: Schizophrenia
pagenum: 439; title: Multiple Personality Disorder
pagenum: 442; title: Eating Disorders
pagenum: 443; title: Therapeutic Approaches
pagenum: 446; title: Therapy and Its Effectiveness
pagenum: 446; title: Somatic Therapies
pagenum: 447; title: Psychodynamic Therapies
pagenum: 449; title: Behavioural Therapies
pagenum: 451; title: Cognitive-behavioural Therapy
pagenum: 454; title: Humanistic Therapy
pagenum: 457; title: The Eclectic Approach
pagenum: 459; title: Is Therapy Effective?
pagenum: 459; title: Group Therapy or Individual Therapy?
pagenum: 460; title: Ethical Issues
pagenum: 460; title: Revision and Practice
pagenum: 463; title: Coursework Opportunity
pagenum: 463; title: Examination Questions
pagenum: 463; title: Selected Reading List
pagenum: 466; label: Unit 9
title: Applied Psychology: How Can We Use Psychology?
pagenum: 467; title: Psychology in Education
pagenum: 467; title: Organisational Psychology
pagenum: 469; title: The Individual
pagenum: 469; title: The Group
pagenum: 470; title: The Organisation
pagenum: 470; title: Occupational Psychology
pagenum: 471; title: Health Psychology
pagenum: 472; title: Controversial Applications of Psychology
pagenum: 474; title: Applied Psychology in Advertising
pagenum: 474; title: Propaganda and Warfare
pagenum: 476; title: Psychometric Testing
pagenum: 477; title: Revision and Practice
pagenum: 479; title: Coursework Opportunity
pagenum: 479; title: Examination Questions
pagenum: 479; title: Selected Reading List
pagenum: 480; title: Glossary
pagenum: 481; title: Bibliography
pagenum: 542; title: Index
pagenum: 553