The Psychology Companion

by Bridget Adams

Overview

The one-stop guide to studying psychology at degree level. This book provides a thorough introduction to psychology as a discipline and offers guidance on what to expect from the course. An ideal study tool, the Companion includes advice on study skills, research methods, career pathways and helpful psychology organisations.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780230008182
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	02/24/2009
Series:	Macmillan Student Companions Series , #5
Edition description:	1st ed. 2009
Pages:	392
Product dimensions:	6.69(w) x 9.61(h) x 0.81(d)

About the Author

BRIDGET ADAMS was, until recently, Principal Lecturer in Health Psychology at Buckinghamshire Chilterns University College, UK. She is now a full time author and tutor. During her 20 years at BCUC she was responsible for developing and facilitating the psychology content of nursing courses and helping to establish the college-wide programme of study skills, academic tutoring and professional development. Her previous publications include Psychology for Health Care (Palgrave Macmillan, 1998) and ABC of Communication Studies (Nelson Thornes, 1999), both of which she co-authored.
BRIDGET ADAMS was, until recently, Principal Lecturer in Health Psychology at Buckinghamshire Chilterns University College, UK. She is now a full time author and tutor. During her 20 years at BCUC she was responsible for developing and facilitating the psychology content of nursing courses and helping to establish the college-wide programme of study skills, academic tutoring and professional development. Her previous publications include Psychology for Health Care (Palgrave Macmillan, 1998) and ABC of Communication Studies (Nelson Thornes, 1999), both of which she co-authored.

Table of Contents

PART 1: STUDYING PSYCHOLOGY
Context of Psychology
Your Psychology Course
Study Skills for Psychology
PART 2: APPROACHES IN PSYCHOLOGY
Ways of Looking at the Behaviour and Minds of People
Core Approaches
Other Approaches
PART 3: KEY TERMS AND CONCEPTS
PART 4: KEY THEORISTS AND STUDIES
History and Philosophy of Psychology
Alphabetical List of Key Theorists and Studies
PART 5: RESEARCH METHODS
Methodology and Ethical Issues
Key Terms and Concepts in Research Methods and Statistics
PART 6: CAREER PATHWAYS
Further Study, Accreditation and Transferable Skills
Psychology-related Careers
PART 7: LEARNING RESOURCES
Bibliography
Website References
Psychology Organisations and Institutions.

What People are Saying About This

From the Publisher

In a single volume, this book demystifies the divisions that bedevil psychology and also provides a dictionary of terms and concepts and an unbiased history of the discipline. This is the companion students will keep by them throughout their psychology course, and probably long after.' – Christopher Spencer, Emeritus Professor, University of Sheffield, UK

'This book is a potential life-saver. I liked the way that names are linked to topics in a way that could speed up the initial research process. My students all liked the broadness of the book.' – Andrew White, Chartered Counselling Psychologist and teacher, running an A level psychology course.