Focuses on up-to-date research and highly topical material to stimulate class discussion. Includes useful chapter features such as 'What's Ahead' and 'Research Now' and provides self-assessment questions enhancing students' learning whilst progressing through the book. Includes relevant and contemporary examples from everyday life and provides detailed support for students who are conducting their own research.

 

There are 280 pages in this book. This book was published 2000 by Oxford University Press .

Cara Flanagan is a well-known and respected author for A Level Psychology. An expert teacher with examining experience and a well-known conference presenter, Cara is renowned for creating resources that students love to use. // Dave Berry is a practised teacher with examining experience. He regularly leads face-to-face and online training courses for a major awarding body. Dave is Head of Psychology at Oldham Hulme Grammar School. // Ruth Jones is a practised teacher with examining experience and is Head of Psychology at a school ranked 'outstanding' by Ofsted in its last two inspections. Ruth also has a Masters Degree in Education. // Mark Jones is Head of A Level Psychology at a large and successful FE college in Bristol. Mark has many years examining experience and has also worked as an advanced practitioner, liaising with teachers and colleges to help improve performance. // Rob Liddle has more than twenty years' teaching experience in psychology, from GCSE to postgraduate study. A psychology graduate with a Masters in Organisational Psychology, Rob is an established author and experienced examiner.

This book has the following chapters: The biological approach by Julia Russell; the learning approach by Julia Russell; the cognitive approach by Larry Dolan; the cognitive-development approach by Matt Jarvis; the psychodynamic approach by Matt Jarvis; the social approach by Matt Jarvis; conducting your own research by Cara Flanagan