Psychology Express: Personality and Individual Differences - Terence Butler, Laura Scurlock-Evans

Psychology Express: Personality and Individual Differences

(Undergraduate Revision Guide)
Buch | Softcover
328 Seiten
2013
Pearson Education Limited (Verlag)
978-0-273-73515-1 (ISBN)
21,30 inkl. MwSt
Psychology Express... ...revise effectively, approach your exams with confidence and make yourself stand out.
This revision guide provides concise coverage of the central topics within Personality, Individual Difference and Intelligence Psychology, presented within a framework designed to help you focus on assessment and exams. The guide is organised to cater for QAA and BPS recommendations for course content.

Sample questions, assessment advice and exam tips drive the organisation within chapters so you are able to grasp and marshal your thoughts towards revision of the main topics.  Features focused on critical thinking, practical applications and key research will offer additional pointers for you in your revision process and exam preparation.

A companion website provides supporting resources for self testing, exam practice, answers to questions in the book, and links to further resources.

Terence Butler, Southampton Solent University Dominic Upton, University of Worcester Laura Scurlock-Evans, University of Worcester

Introduction

Guided tour

Guided tour of the companion website

Acknowledgements

1. Introduction
2. Dispositional approaches to personality
3. Biological theories of personality
4. Learning theory models of personality 
5. Cognitive and humanistic (phenomenological) models of personality
6. Psychodynamic personality theories
7. Stability, consistency and change in personality traits
8. Describing intelligence
9. Explaining intelligence
10. Psychometrics
11. Applications of personality and individual differences

 

And finally, before the exam...

Glossary

References

Index

 

Erscheint lt. Verlag 18.1.2013
Reihe/Serie Psychology Express
Verlagsort Harlow
Sprache englisch
Maße 156 x 232 mm
Gewicht 420 g
Themenwelt Geisteswissenschaften Psychologie Allgemeine Psychologie
Geisteswissenschaften Psychologie Psychoanalyse / Tiefenpsychologie
ISBN-10 0-273-73515-2 / 0273735152
ISBN-13 978-0-273-73515-1 / 9780273735151
Zustand Neuware
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