Title:
Psychology : an introduction
Author:
Swartz, Leslie, 1955-
ISBN:
9780195995114
Edition:
3rd ed. / with Vivien O'Neill.
Publication Information:
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2011.
Physical Description:
xvii, 556 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm
Contents:
Machine generated contents note: pt. 1 Introduction to psychology -- ch. 1 Finding out about people / Leslie Swartz -- Introduction -- Finding out about psychology -- Psychological terminology -- Subjects, respondents, participants or informants? -- Patients, clients or consumers? -- Ethics in psychology -- Contemporary perspectives in psychology -- The psychoanalytic perspective -- The behavioural perspective -- The humanist perspective -- Positive psychology -- The biophysical perspective -- The cognitive perspective -- The socio-cultural perspective -- The community psychology perspective -- Psychology for Africa -- The approach of this book -- The organisation of this book -- What is different about this book? -- ch. 2 Research methods in psychology / Cheryl de la Rey -- Introduction -- Step 1 Planning -- Selecting a research topic -- Reviewing existing literature -- Formulating the research problem and posing the research questions -- Step 2 Research methods
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