| Description |
xiv, 148 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm. |
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text rdacontent |
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unmediated rdamedia |
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volume rdacarrier |
| Series |
A very short introduction ; 6 |
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Very short introductions.
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| Note |
"Fully updated new edition"--Label on cover. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 139-144) and index. |
| Contents |
An introduction to psychology, explaining what it is and how it should be studied, and discussing perception, learning and memory, thinking, reasoning and communicating, motivation and emotion, individual differences, and other related topics. |
| Summary |
What is psychology? How do you study it? -- What gets into our minds? Perception -- What stays in the mind? Learning and memory -- How do we use what is in the mind? Thinking, reasoning, and communicating -- Why do we do what we do? Motivation and emotion -- Is there a set pattern? Developmental psychology -- Can we categorize people? Individual differences -- What happens when things go wrong? Abnormal psychology -- How do we influence each other? Social psychology -- What is psychology for? |
| Subject |
Psychology.
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| Added Author |
McManus, Freda.
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| ISBN |
9780199670420 paperback |
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