Gross Guides To Psychology Aqa A As

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.

Psychology is full of agreements and disagreements! Here Richard Gross pairs up 30 studies to show you how the classic theories in Psychology are constantly revisited by modern researchers. In a new focus for this 6th edition, the emphasis is on how these classic and contemporary studies relate. From the differences and similarities between them you'll understand not just the studies themselves, but develop the study skills you need to write about Psychology in exams and essays. The aim is to help you understand how specific research and issues fit into the science of Psychology as a whole, and where that science is going. Key Studies in Psychology 6th Edition is a life-saver in the sea of Psychological research - grab onto it!

Build students' understanding of all new topics and concepts throughout the course with this text that's split into manageable sections, therefore accessible to students of all levels. Written by senior examiners and leading author Richard Gross, this colourful textbooks is fully mapped to the AQA (A) A2 Psychology specification. - Enable you to check students' progress with mini-assessments - Strengthens students revision and learning with assessment checks, essay tips and specification hints - Develops knowledge and understanding with up-to-date features on Psychology in real-life