Advancing Psychology And Its Applications

The second of two books, Advanced Psychology covers units 4 to 6 for the second year at Advanced Level. Filled with practical activities and advice and with its accessible format and interesting examples, these textbooks will also be useful to those studying subjects such as child care, health and education.

The first book of two, Advanced Subsidiary Psychology seeks to develop an understanding of the principles of Psychology and to illustrate these by reference examples relevant to students' own interests and experience. Fully in line with the AS Edexcel specifications, Book 1 covers the first three units of the award and provides a thorough preparation for the AS examination.

TOPICS IN THE BOOK Will Experience of Violence, Self-Worth and Dispositional Factors Influence the Subjective Happiness of Women? Psychological Distress and Life Satisfaction of Konkomba Widows in the Saboba District, Ghana Palliative Care Resilience: Adversity Quotient among Cancer Patients in Nairobi and Nyeri Counties, Kenya Assessment of Enhancement in Self-Management, Self –Control and Learning Desire as a Result of Self-Directed Learning Readiness in Nursing Students Effects of Task Difficulty and Perception of Distributive Justice on Social Loafing among Senior Secondary School Students Efficacy of Cognitive Behaviour Therapy on Reducing Maladaptive Behaviour among Students Enrolled in Counselling, Psychology and Sociology of Education (EPSE)

Over The Years This Book Has Earned A Name For Itself Because Of The Completeness Of Coverage And Simplicity Of Presentation. All The Topics Have Been Dealt With In Great Detail And Depth. In The Revised Edition, New Thoughts In The Field Of Educationa

This book examines how and where psychology can engage itself in the framing of social policies for national as well as human development in India. Although the role that psychological knowledge can play in informing social policy decisions has been discussed for a long time, psychologists by and large have had little role in framing policy decisions related to such important domains as education, health, social justice and social inclusion. Policy makers, not only in India, but more or less everywhere have focused on interventions at the macro level, which has led them to ignore the root causes of the problems lying at the micro level. However, with the more humanistic approaches now being followed by economists and other social scientists, the person in society is slowly taking centrestage. Micro-level variables like happiness, the wellbeing of individuals and the social relationships within which people define themselves are becoming important. Therefore, this book discusses important psychological issues related to human development; particularly, health and education, social justice, social integration, environment and work organizations, besides focusing on some general issues relating to the logic of making social policies. It is a first-ever attempt in India to inform policy makers about how micro-variables can be a crucial factor to consider while framing social policies.