Sections on emerging topics such as coaching psychology, positive psychology,
creativity' s relationship to psychopathology
The World Today boxes help students to relate theory to
the world around them, including new examples on reinforcement values in video
games, the use of attribution theory in sports psychology and how cognitive
dissonance theory can be used to examine terrorism
New Try it Yourself activities and exercises demonstrate
that psychology is all about how humans think, feel and behave
Informed by the most current and relevant research and theory, the new edition
has been updated to include 250 new references
Updated and expanded Online Learning Centre with student support material
and instructor test bank at www.openup.co.uk/glassman.
Key Features:
Key Thinker boxes give a brief overview of the work of
a notable psychologist and their key contributions
Putting it all Together discussions at the end of chapters
encourage critical thinking by illustrating that there may be no definitive
right or wrong answer to a problem
A review of key research methods provides students with the tools to conduct
their own research
Superb pedagogy aids learning through discussion points and queries, chapter
summaries, definitions of key terms, further reading suggestions, a glossary
and bibliography