Trevor Archer, Tim Brennen, Philip Zimbardo

Psychology and Life

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Psychology and Life introduces students to the core areas of psychology by showing them just how relevant these topics are to their day to day lives.

Bringing Gerrig and Zimbardo?s classic textbook, now in its 19th edition, to a European audience, this exciting new adaptation for students of introductory psychology offers a greater focus on current European research while retaining the same rigorous, scientific approach and enthusiasm for applying psychology to daily life that has made it so popular with students.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Pearson
• Seitenzahl: 776
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. Juni 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 275mm x 212mm x 42mm
• Gewicht: 1576g
• ISBN-13: 9780273720027
• ISBN-10: 0273720023
• Artikelnr.: 36269969

Autorenporträt

The adapting author team is: Frode Svartdal (University of Tromsø, Norway), Tim Brennen (University of Oslo, Norway), Roger Donaldson (Karlstad University, Sweden) and Trevor Archer (Gothenburg University, Sweden).

Inhaltsangabe

1) Psychology and Life
2) Research Methods in Psychology
3) The Evolutionary and Biological Bases of Behaviour
4) Sensation and Perception
5) Mind, Consciousness and Alternate States
6) Learning and Behaviour Analysis
7) Memory
8) Cognitive Processes
9) Intelligence and Intelligence Assessment
10) Human Development Across the Life Span
11) Motivation
12) Emotion, Stress and Health
13) Understanding Human Personality
14) Psychological Disorders
15) Therapies for Psychological Disorders
16) Social Cognition and Relationships
17) Social Processes, Society and Culture