Motivate and engage your students with this straightforward, topic by topic introduction to Psychology, endorsed by OCR. The quick background section introduces exactly what your students' need to know at the start of each unit, and the key studies are then set out as clearly as possible, with their procedure and conclusions. There's also help on applying knowledge, with explanations of the real life relevance of research. - Enables students to excel in their exams by mapping out everything students need to know for each topic - Help students' understanding by explaining the procedures and conclusions of Key studies clearly - Ensurese students can apply their knowledge by usings real life examples of the relevance of research

 

This book is aimed at children in secondary school.

There are 232 pages in this book. This book was published 2012 by Hodder Education .

Barbara Woods has years of experience as a teacher of Psychology GCSE, and author of numerous bestselling Psychology textbooks. Karon Oliver is an senior educational Psychologist and experienced teacher, as well as former Chair of the Association for Teachers of Psychology. Phil Banyard is a widely respected author, lecturer and researcher in Psychology. Barbara Woods is an experienced teacher of Psychology GCSE, and author of numerous bestselling Psychology textbooks. Karon Oliver is a senior educationalist and experienced teacher, as well as former Chair of the Association for the Teaching of Psychology (ATP). Philip Banyard is a Reader in Psychology at Nottingham Trent University. He helped develop the initial Psychology specifications for a major awarding bodyand is a widely respected author, lecturer and researcher in Psychology.

This book has the following chapters: 1 Biological psychology Unit B541 - Sex and gender Unit B542 - Criminal behaviour 2 Cognitive psychology Unit B541 - Memory Unit B542 - Perception 3 Developmental psychology Unit B541 - Attachment Unit B542 - Cognitive development 4 Social psychology Unit B541 - Obedience Unit B542 - Non-verbal communication 5 Individual differences Unit B541 - Atypical behaviour Unit B542 - The self 6 Research in psychology Unit B543 - Research methods used in psychology Unit B543 - Planning, presenting and evaluating research