Investigating psychology: key concepts, key studies, key approaches

Published

2012

Publisher

Oxford University Press

ISBN-13

9780199651764

ISBN-10

0199651760

Pages

427

Format

Paperback

Language

English

Designed to introduce psychology to undergraduate students. Discusses the diverse nature of psychology as an academic discipline, and of the different ways in which psychologists go about investigating new ideas about the human mind and behaviour. The studies featured introduce students to different areas of psychology: social, cognitive, developmental, biological, individual differences, and others. The book also covers issues such as different types of evidence, methods and data, the complex nature of causation, and the importance of ethics in psychology.