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Key Ideas in Psychology

  • ISBN-13: 9781853023590
  • Publisher: JESSICA KINGSLEY PUBLISHERS
    Imprint: JESSICA KINGSLEY PUBLISHERS
  • By Ian Stuart-Hamilton
  • Price: AUD $62.99
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  • Local release date: 13/09/1999
  • Format: Paperback 336 pages Weight: 0g
  • Categories: Psychology [JM]
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This introductory text introduces the reader to major areas of psychology, covering such topics as: individual differences (personality and intelligence testing, studies of racial and gender differences and the nature/nurture debate); cognition (models of thinking, problem-solving and computer simulations of intelligence); social psychology (friendship formation, finding a partner, body language and social conformity); developmental psychology; evolution and the selfish gene; and mental illness (classification and treatment). The book also provides an introduction to the history of psychology and the areas of research.
What is psychology?; measuring differences; modelling thinking; the sociable being; from the sperm to the grave; the human animal; slightly mad.
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