Psychology

Themes & Variations, A South African Perspective

Wayne Weiten (Autor)

Media-Kombination

768 Seiten

2015 | 2nd edition
Cengage Learning EMEA
978-1-4737-0916-4 (ISBN)

Infos

Psychology: Themes and Variations is a truly South African version of the landmark text by Wayne Weiten. Editor Junaid Hassim leads a team of respected academics and practising professionals in psychology and related disciplines across South Africa. Together they address complex topics and a range of approaches to provide a comprehensive but accessible introduction to the field.

Autor

Wayne Weiten has taught at the College of DuPage, Santa Clara University and the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. He has received distinguished teaching awards from Division 2 of the American Psychological Association and the College of DuPage. A fellow of the American Psychological Association and the Midwestern Psychological Association, he helped chair the APA National Conference on Enhancing the Quality of Undergraduate Education in Psychology in 1991. Dr. Weiten also is a former president of the Society for the Teaching of Psychology and the Rocky Mountain Psychological Association. In 2006, one of the six national teaching awards given annually by the Society for the Teaching of Psychology was named in his honor. Dr. Weiten has conducted research on a wide range of topics, including educational measurement, jury decision-making, attribution theory, pressure as a form of stress and the technology of textbooks. A graduate of Bradley University, he received his Ph.D. in social psychology from the University of Illinois, Chicago in 1981.

Inhalt

1. The evolution of psychology
2. Research methods in psychology
3. Biology of behaviour
4. Sensory systems and perception
5. States of consciousness
6. Conditioning and learning
7. Key processes in memory
8. Cognition and language
9. Human intelligence
10. Theories of motives and emotions
11. Human development
12. Personality theories
13. Social psychology
14. Health psychology
15. Abnormal behaviour
16. Treatment of abnormal behaviour
17. Culture and mental health
18. Culture-related treatment of mental illness
19. Treatment of mental illnesses in South Africa: culture-related
20. Applied psychology in South Africa

Produkt-Details

• Verlagsort: London
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 230 x 277 mm
• Gewicht: 1500 g
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Allgemeine Psychologie
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Sozialpsychologie
• ISBN-10: 1-4737-0916-4 / 1473709164
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4737-0916-4 / 9781473709164
• Zustand: Neuware