Essential Psychology

Dr Phil Banyard is Emeritus Professor of Psychology at Nottingham Trent University (NTU). In his thirty years at NTU Phil Banyard taught on a range of courses but focused on introductory modules and critical thinking. His research was concerned with the impact of digital technologies on teaching and learning, especially in schools. He was a chief examiner of A Level Psychology for many years and has written more than twenty texts. Among these is an introductory text with SAGE (now in its fourth edition) that brought in over 50 members of the department at NTU. His cultural interests are largely defined by smallpeople in the family and he is currently enjoying Captain Underpants series three which he regards as riotously creative.   Christine Norman is a Senior Lecturer in Psychology at Nottingham Trent University. Gayle Dillon is a Senior Lecturer in Psychology at Nottingham Trent University. Belinda is a Reader in Forensic Psychology. She teaches primarily within forensic psychology, with specific focus on sexual crime. She has a strong background in psychometrics and individual differences, and retains her enthusiasm for quantitative research (continuing to teach multivariate statistics in what she hopes is a fun and interactive manner). Her research is leading her to incorporate qualitative research methods as she continues to develop a programme of research in collaboration with HMP Whatton (the largest sex offender prison in Europe) that makes a significant and practical contribution to our understanding of sex offenders and sexual crime. Additional areas of interest (both in terms of teaching and research) include the psychology of fraud, lying and deception.

PART I: The Foundations of Modern Psychology: What We Know About Human Beings
Chapter 1: Once Upon a Time...The Evolution of Human Behaviour - James Stiller and Philip Banyard
Chapter 2: How Psychology Became a Science - Sarah Buglass, Lydia Harkin, Peter Macaulay, Luke Vinter and Rosie Daly
Chapter 3: Doing Psychological Research - Philip Banyard, Darren Rhodes, David Crundall, Mark Griffiths, Sarah Seymour-Smith and Belinda Winder
Chapter 4: The Replication Crisis - Mark Andrews and Lucy Justice
PART II: Cognitive Psychology: How We Think and Make Sense of the World
Chapter 5: Memory - Thom Baguley, Harriet Smith, Lucy Justice and Duncan Guest
Chapter 6: An Introduction to Sensation, Perception and Attention - Andrew K. Dunn, Paula C. Stacey and Kate Roberts
Chapter 7: Learning - Andrew MacKenzie and Philip Banyard
Chapter 8: Thinking and Problem Solving - Gary Jones, Georgina Gous, Mark J.T. Sergeant and Antonio Castro
Chapter 9: Language and Literacy - Jens Roeser and Clare Wood
PART III: Biological Psychology: How Our Brains Affect Our Behaviour
Chapter 10: The Human Nervous System: Functional Anatomy - Antonio Castro, Gary Jones and Mark J.T. Sergeant
Chapter 11: Communication within the Brain - Lucy Webster and Christine Norman
Chapter 12: Brain and Behaviour: Sex Differences - Mark J.T. Sergeant and Antonio Castro
Chapter 13: Motivation and Emotion - Sebastiano Costa, Joshua Baker, Preethi Premkumar and Pancy Poon
PART IV: Social Psychology: How We Interact with Each Other
Chapter 14: Behaviour within Groups - Mhairi Bowe and Juliet Wakefield
Chapter 15: Behaviour between Groups - Juliet Wakefield and Mhairi Bowe
Chapter 16: Social Judgements and Behaviour - Sebastian Teicher and Maria Kontogianni
PART V: Developmental Psychology: How We Grow and Change
Chapter 17: Development during the Early Years - Lucy Betts, James Stiller, Rebecca Larkin, Gareth Williams and Kate Ellis-Davies
Chapter 18: Development during the School Years - James Stiller, Lucy Betts, Rebecca Larkin and Gareth Williams
Chapter 19: Atypical Child Development - Lai Sang Iao, Matthew Belmonte, Gayle Dillon, Andrew Grayson and Susannah Lamb
Chapter 20: Adulthood to Ageing - Olatz Lopez-Fernandez, Rebecca Stack, Suvo Mitra and Louise A. Brown Nicholls
PART VI: The Psychology of Individual Differences: How We Know and Measure Our Individuality
Chapter 21: Personality - David J. Wilde, Nadja Heym, Glenn A. Williams and Loren Abell
Chapter 22: Intelligence: Measuring the Mind - Eva Sundin, Sarah McDonald and Philip Banyard
Chapter 23: Self - Jill Arnold, Ben Oldfield and Filipa Dascostaricocalad
PART VII: Applied Psychology: How We Use Psychology
Chapter 24: Mental Health, Mental Illness and Psychopathology - Sarah McDonald, Palwinder Athwal-Kooner and Karen Slade
Chapter 25: Psychological Interventions - Karen Slade, Palwinder Athwal-Kooner and Sarah McDonald
Chapter 26: Health Psychology - Rebecca Stack, Mike Rennoldson, Prrethi Premkumar and Eva Sundin
Chapter 27: Forensic Psychology - Rebecca Lievesley, Sebastian Teicher and Lorraine Smith