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eBook: Psychology: Themes and Variations, South African Edition, 3rd Edition

  • Copyright 2018
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eBook: Psychology: Themes and Variations, South African Edition 3rd Edition
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Overview

Psychology Themes and Variations continues to offer a superb thematic organisation together with practical applications and South African examples that help students see beyond research to big-picture concepts.

The text surveys psychology's broad range of content with three aims: to illuminate the process of research and its relationship to application, to show both the unity and diversity of psychology's subject matter, and to help students master the basic concepts and principles of psychology .

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  • Updated to include the latest research and some sections expanded on request of lecturers and students.
  • Enrichment chapters now available online.
  • Learning objectives now appear per section rather than as a single list, which helps to focus students’ attention on what is important in each section.
  • A new, more user-friendly and engaging design that supports effective learning.
  • All chapters have been revised to include more local context, examples and research, where applicable.
  • Supported by a new South African edition of Aplia, an online, interactive assessment and homework solution.

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  • Key Learning Goals help to focus students’ attention on important ideas, while the end-of-chapter reviews and summary reinforce the core concepts.
  • The Concept Checks and Practice Tests give students opportunity for self-assessment and feedback to determine their understanding.
  • The applied, practical side of psychology is balanced with a critical thinking emphasis to help students understand and interpret complex topics.
  • Chapters 17 and 18 address the relationship between culture and mental health, and its treatment in South Africa.
  • Concept Charts for each chapter provides an excellent overview tool to help summarise the chapter content in a visual and easily accessible way.
  • The book is accompanied by a range of additional resources to support students and lecturers, including additional reading and audio-visual material, assistance with exam preparation, additional chapters on applied psychology, alongside a wealth of lecturer resources

Table of Contents

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1. The evolution of psychology
2. Research methods in psychology
3. Biology of behaviour
4. Sensory systems and perception
5. States of consciousness
6. Conditioning and learning
7. Key processes in memory
8. Cognition and language
9. Human intelligence
10. Theories of motives and emotions
11. Human development
12. Personality theories
13. Social psychology
14. Health psychology
15. Abnormal behaviour
16. Treatment of abnormal behaviour
17. Culture and mental health
18. Culture-related treatment of mental illness

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  • ISBN-10: 1473748607
  • ISBN-13: 9781473748606
  • RETAIL £24.79
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