Gross guides to psychology
Subtitle: OCR A2
By: Sandra Hardern, Sarah Middleton, Richard Gross
Contributors: Middleton, Sarah; Gross, Richard J.
Publisher: Hodder Education
Published: 2012
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 117
ISBN-13: 9781444168150; 9781444168143
Subjects: Psychology; Examinations, questions; PSYCHOLOGY; Reference
Description: Use this stripped down guide to study the specification one chunk at a time. Whether you learn visually, take lots of notes, or like to set up study sessions with friends, you are not alone in finding Psychology a big and complicated subject! That's why we've created this colourful, topic-by-topic reminder of: - Headline factual knowledge you need to get basic marks: have you covered it all? - Evaluation summaries: check you know enough for the big marks! - Psychology as a science: how do topics fit together for top grades?
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Cover; Book title; CONTENTS; HOW TO USE THIS BOOK; FORENSIC PSYCHOLOGY; CHAPTER 1: TURNING TO CRIME; UPBRINGING; COGNITION; BIOLOGY; CHAPTER 2: MAKING A CASE; INTERVIEWING WITNESSES; INTERVIEWING SUSPECTS; OFFENDER PROFILING; CHAPTER 3: REACHING A VERDICT; PERSUADING A JURY; WITNESS APPEAL; REACHING A VERDICT; CHAPTER 4: AFTER A GUILTY VERDICT; IMPRISONMENT; ALTERNATIVES TO IMPRISONMENT; TREATMENT PROGRAMMES; HEALTH AND CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY; CHAPTER 5: HEALTHY LIVING; THEORIES OF HEALTH BELIEF (HBM); METHODS OF HEALTH PROMOTION; FEATURES OF ADHERENCE TO MEDICAL REGIMES; CHAPTER 6: STRESS.; title: CAUSES OF STRESSMEASURING STRESS; TECHNIQUES FOR MANAGING STRESS; CHAPTER 7: DYSFUNCTIONAL BEHAVIOUR; DIAGNOSIS OF DYSFUNCTIONAL BEHAVIOUR; EXPLANATIONS OF DYSFUNCTIONAL BEHAVIOUR; TREATMENTS FOR DYSFUNCTIONAL BEHAVIOUR; CHAPTER 8: DISORDERS; CHARACTERISTICS OF DISORDERS; EXPLANATIONS AND TREATMENTS OF AN ANXIETY DISORDER: PHOBIAS; EXPLANATIONS AND TREATMENTS OF AN AFFECTIVE DISORDER: DEPRESSION; EXPLANATIONS AND TREATMENTS OF A PSYCHOTIC DISORDER: SCHIZOPHRENIA; SPORT AND EXERCISE PSYCHOLOGY; CHAPTER 9: SPORT AND THE INDIVIDUAL; PERSONALITY; AGGRESSION; MOTIVATION.; title: CHAPTER 10: SPORT PERFORMANCEAROUSAL; ANXIETY; SELF-CONFIDENCE; CHAPTER 11: SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY OF SPORT; GROUP COHESION; AUDIENCE EFFECTS; LEADERSHIP AND COACHING; CHAPTER 12: EXERCISE PSYCHOLOGY; EXERCISE AND PATHOLOGY; EXERCISE AND MENTAL HEALTH; ISSUES IN EXERCISE AND SPORT; CHAPTER 13: RESEARCH METHODS; METHODS OF DATA COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS; STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES OF RESEARCH METHODS; RESEARCH QUESTIONS AND HYPOTHESES; SAMPLING; PROCEDURE; CASE STUDIES AND LONGITUDINAL AND SNAPSHOT DESIGNS; LEVELS OF MEASUREMENT; ETHICAL ISSUES; DATA COLLECTION AND RECORDING; DATA ANALYSIS.; title: VALIDITY AND RELIABILITYAPPROACHES IN PSYCHOLOGY; PERSPECTIVES IN PSYCHOLOGY; DEBATES IN PSYCHOLOGY; BIBLIOGRAPHY.