Higher Psychology, 2nd edition

By Gerard Keegan
November 2009
Hodder Education
Distributed By Trans-Atlantic Publications
ISBN: 9780340914755
420 pages, Illustrated
$72.50 Paper Original

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Now in full colour, Higher Psychology 2nd Edition is a revised, updated and extended edition of Higher Psychology: Approaches and Methods. It will support students studying the revised Higher Psychology course awarded by SQA from 2010. It will also be pertinent to Scottish HNC and HND students studying psychology, and anyone new to the subject at University level.

The book gives full coverage of the mandatory Units within the new Higher arrangements (Understanding the Individual; The Individual in the Social Context; Investigating Behaviour) constituting: Cognitive, Developmental, Biological and Social Psychology, Atypical Behaviour and Investigative Research Methods and is written in the direct, open and accessible style for which the first edition was so universally acclaimed.

• New edition of the bestselling and seminal coursebook for Higher Psychology in Scotland
• Full colour edition, redesigned to aid ease of use

• Fully updated for the new SQA exams beginning 2010 

Table of Contents: 1 What is Psychology, then? 2 Cognitive Psychology: Memory 3 Developmental Psychology: Early Socialisation 4 Biological Psychology: Stress 5 Investigating Behaviour: Research Methods 6 Investigating Behaviour: Methods of Data Collection 7 Investigating Behaviour: Analysing Data and the Research Investigation 8 Social Psychology: Conformity, Obedience and Prejudice 9 Atypical Behaviour

 

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