Gross Guides To Psychology Aqa A A2

Your survival map to every topic, one spread at a time, for AQA (A) AS psychology. This stripped down guide enables you to make sense of the specification one chunk at a time, with a colourful reminder of the three key areas you need to cover in your exams topic by topic.

Your survival map to every topic, one spread at a time, for AQA (A) A2 psychology. This stripped down guide enables you to make sense of the specification one chunk at a time, with a colourful reminder of the three key areas you need to cover in your exams topic by topic.

Brand new AQA(A) Psychology textbook and student resource for the new A Level specification, written by best-selling authors Richard Gross and Geoff Rolls.

Fully in line with the latest AQA(A) specifications, this text provides students with full coverage of all the core AS and A2 level psychology modules.

Written by the bestselling authors Richard Gross and Geoff Rolls, and tailored precisely to the AQA(A) specifications, Psychology AQA(A) 2008 for AS Level is ideal for the brand new 2008 qualifications. With fully comprehensive coverage of all the core content, and excellent additional resources on CD-Rom, this is a perfect match for the new AQA(A) specification. A brand new CD-Rom in the back of the book supplies fantastic extra resources for students, including: - Drag-and-drop exercises - Self-assessment questions - Sample essay questions and answers - Visual schemas and chapter summaries - Useful websites and further reading linked to each chapter.

Key Studies in Psychology, 5th edition provides summaries of 40 key studies that have shaped the course of psychology, covering both the classic core studies and more recent contemporary studies. Concise, user-friendly and comprehensive, the new edition of this bestselling textbook is ideal for students of psychology at all levels. Before each summary, the Background/Context features put each study into a clear theoretical or practical context, and explain the aims, hypotheses, methods and design. After each summary, a full Evaluation is provided, focusing on major theoretical and methodological issues, subsequent reserach and applications and implications. Each summary is also followed by useful Exercise questions, to encourage the student to think critically about methodological, theoretical, and ethical features of the study. Full answers to all Exercise questions are also provided in an Appendix. All the classic core studies are covered, alongside a number of newer studies, which cover topics such as the effects of abortion on young women, adolescent's brains, anorexia nervosa, and nurses' understanding of the concept of care. These very recent studies are highly relevant to everyday life, making this text ideal for the study of Applied Psychology. Fully updated and modernised, this brand new edition of Key Studies in Psychology is essential reading for Psychology students at all levels.

Build a solid foundation for students to develop the skills and knowledge they need to progress with the updated edition of Richard Gross's best-selling introduction to Psychology. This 8th edition of Psychology: The Science of Mind and Behaviour is the essential guide to studying Psychology, helping over half a million students during its 30 years of publication. - Easily access psychological theories and research with user-friendly content and useful features including summaries, critical discussion and research updates. - Develop evaluative skills, with new evaluation boxes, encouraging students to put classic and contemporary studies into context. - Consolidate understanding by identifying common misconceptions. - Stay up to date with revised content and the latest psychological research. - Understand the research process with updated contributions from leading Psychologists including Elizabeth Loftus, Alex Haslam and David Canter.