Psychology and People: A Tutorial Text

Front Matter....Pages i-xiii
Front Matter....Pages xv-xv
How do you know? Psychology and scientific method....Pages 1-31
Personality and individual assessment....Pages 32-52
Front Matter....Pages 53-53
Biological bases of behaviour....Pages 55-72
Social development in early childhood....Pages 73-88
Abilities and behaviour in childhood and adolescence....Pages 89-102
The family....Pages 103-119
Transition: understanding and managing personal change....Pages 120-145
Ageing and social problems....Pages 146-163
Front Matter....Pages 165-165
Knowledge of self....Pages 167-183
Creating change....Pages 184-205
Motivation....Pages 206-222
Learning and teaching....Pages 223-238
Language development in young children....Pages 239-262
Front Matter....Pages 263-263
Social behaviour....Pages 265-286
Interviewing: the social psychology of the inter-view....Pages 287-305
Interviewing: practical aspects....Pages 306-322
Communicating through the media....Pages 323-339
Bargaining and negotiation....Pages 340-364
Organizational behaviour....Pages 365-389
Front Matter....Pages 391-391
Pain....Pages 393-409
Front Matter....Pages 391-391
Psychopathology....Pages 410-427
Counselling and helping....Pages 428-457
Institutional climates....Pages 458-483
Dying and bereavement....Pages 484-508
Ethical principles for research with human subjects....Pages 511-514
Back Matter....Pages 516-528