Angles on Applied PsychologyNelson Thornes, 2003 - 522 pages Written by a team of outstanding authors in an accessible style, this new text offers a fresh approach to undergraduate freshman level Psychology. The user-friendly design offers a set of unique features including up-to-date research enhancing students' interest and learning with topical material. |
Contents
The biomedical model | 11 |
The behavioural model | 18 |
The cognitive model of abnormality | 28 |
The psychodynamic model | 35 |
Eating disorders | 37 |
The humanistic model | 44 |
The social model of abnormality | 50 |
Schizophrenia | 60 |
Friendship and play | 224 |
Health psychology | 240 |
Stress | 258 |
Health promotion | 281 |
Environmental psychology | 308 |
The effect of architecture | 318 |
Environmental stress | 326 |
Crowding and highdensity living | 342 |
Depression | 67 |
Psychological theories of depression | 74 |
Criminal psychology | 103 |
Social and media influences | 141 |
Preventing crime and treating | 156 |
Sports psychology | 165 |
Motivation and sport | 178 |
Social and physiological influences | 188 |
Child psychology | 200 |
deprivation | 213 |
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