Bibliograph

Psychology, Gillian Butler and Freda McManus

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Psychology, Gillian Butler and Freda McManus

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (p. [201]-204) and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Psychology

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

548555982

Responsibility statement

Gillian Butler and Freda McManus

Series statement

A brief insight

Summary

Psychology is part of everyone's experience: it influences the way we think about everything from education and intelligence to relationships and emotions, advertising, and criminality. People readily behave as amateur psychologists, offering explanations for what we think, feel, and do. But what exactly are psychologists trying to help us understand? What scientific grounding do they have for their approach? --Publisher

Table Of Contents

What is psychology? How do you study it? -- What gets into our minds? Perception -- What stays in the mind? Learning and memory -- How do we use what is in the mind? Thinking, reasoning, and communicating -- Why do we do what we do? Motivation and emotion -- Is there a set pattern? Developmental psychology -- Can we categorize people? Individual differences -- What happens when things go wrong? Abnormal psychology -- How do we influence each other? Social psychology -- What is psychology for?

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