Description
Book SynopsisDr G. Neil Martin is an Honorary Professor of Psychology at Regent's University, London.
Dr Neil R. Carlson is a Professor of Psychology at the University of Massachusetts, USA.
About the enhanced eBook contributor
Steph Acaster is an Associate Lecturer in Psychology at the Open University. She has carried out research in the field of visual perception, investigating how context can influence the perception of a surface's lightness, as well as the associated brain activity. In addition, she also studies language and music perception and sensory/perceptual experience related to personality traits. Her main teaching experience is in research methods, statistics, and biological psychology.
Table of ContentsPreface Guided Tour The teaching package The authors Acknowledgements Publisher's acknowledgements
- The science of psychology
- How to study behaviour
- Evolution, genetics and behaviour
- Psychobiology and neuroscience
- Sensation
- Perception
- Learning and behaviour
- Memory
- Consciousness
- Language and communication
- Intelligence and thinking
- Developmental psychology
- Motivation and emotion
- Personality
- Social psychology
- Psychology and health
- Mental health and illness
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