Psychology: The Science of Mind and Behaviour

500, 000 students later Gross continues to set the standard for Psychology textbooks. This thoroughly updated edition is colourful, engaging, and packed with features that help students to understand and evaluate classic and contemporary Psychology. Gross is the 'bible' for students of Psychology and anyone in related fields such as Counselling, Nursing and Social Work who needs a reliable, catch-all text. All the major domains of Psychology are covered in detail across 50 manageable chapters that will help you get to grips with anything from the nervous system to memory, from attachment to personality, and everything in-between. A final section on issues and debates allows students to cast a critical eye on the research process, to explore the nature of Psychology as an evolving science, and understand some of the ethical issues faced by Psychologists. - Brings contemporary Psychology alive with brand new double-page features which showcase contributions from Psychology's leading figures - Packed with features: Introductions and Summaries, Ask Yourself Questions, Key Studies, Critical and Cross-Cultural material - Improved coverage throughout of work from neuroscience, neuropsychology and evolutionary psychology - Covers everything you need to know, in the depth in which you need to know it - Explicitly links different areas of Psychology to help more able students get better grades. New for this edition, Gross is supported by an extensive and interactive Dynamic Learning resource package. Just as Gross the book 'does everything', this comprehensive online resources package will help students to learn, and course leaders to deliver that learning. A free Dynamic Learning resources website supports students in revision, essay writing, and matching the book content to their course. A separately available set of multimedia-rich online resources can be tailored to the varied needs of course leaders. The one-stop-shop for Psychology, with everything you need to know in one place. New contributions from leading figures in contemporary Psychology, including Elizabeth Loftus, Andy Young, Chris Frith, David Canter and many others. Full colour, user-friendly visuals and packed with features that will help you learn about Psychological research and evaluate it critically. Supported by Dynamic Learning, a digital resource package which includes lesson presentations and planning resources, videos showcasing top Psychology researchers and their work, multiple choice test banks, and much, much more. Table of Contents: Part 1: The Nature and Scope of Psychology What is this thing called psychology? Theoretical approaches to psychology Psychology as a science Part 2: The Biological Basis of Behaviour and Experience The nervous system Sensory processes Parapsychology States of consciousness and bodily rhythms Substance dependence and abuse Motivation Emotion Learning and conditioning Application: health psychology Part 3: Cognitive Psychology Attention and performance Pattern recognition Perception: processes and theories The development of perceptual abilities Memory and forgetting Language, thought and culture Language acquisition Problem-solving, decision-making and artificial intelligence Application: cognition and the law Part 4: Social Psychology Social perception Attribution Attitudes and attitude change Prejudice and discrimination Conformity and group influence Obedience Interpersonal relationships Aggression and antisocial behaviour Altruism and prosocial behaviour Application: the social psychology of sport Part 5: Developmental Psychology Early experience and social development Development of the self-concept Cognitive development Moral development Gender development Adolescence Adulthood Old age Application: exceptional development Part 6: Individual Differences Intelligence Personality Psychological abnormality: definitions and classification Psychopathology Treatments and therapies Application: criminological psychology Part 7: Issues and Debates Bias in psychological theory and research Ethical issues in psychology Free will and determinism, and reductionism Nature and nurture