Advanced Psychology AQA (B) - Softcover

Karen Boswell; McLoughlin, Julie; Smithson, Richard; Robinson, Dave

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0340859342 ISBN 13: 9780340859346

Publisher: Hodder Education, 2003

Synopsis

Advanced Psychology: Child Development, Perspectives and Methods provides students and teachers of A2 level psychology with the ideal text book covering the core topic areas of the AQA (B) A2 specification. The book is written in an accessible way and offers learning opportunities to strengthen your understanding of psychology. Each of the twelve chapters covers the topic areas of Child Development in Unit 4 and Unit 5 Perspectives, Debates and Methods in psychology. Appendices provide advice on how to write up the practical investigation for Unit 6 and guidance on assessment objectives. Full coverage is given to:

Social development

Behaviourist and cognitive perspectives

Cognitive development

Psychoanalytic and humanistic perspectives

Moral development

The scientific approach in psychology

Exceptional development

Debates in psychology



Each chapter provides the student and teacher with reflective and practical activities which help develop a critical understanding of psychology. Numerous empirical studies and experiments are described in the four chapters dealing with child development. Evaluative comments are provided to help you develop critical and analytic intellectual skills. The chapter covering Perspectives and Debates in psychology offer suggestions of how these may be linked to other topic areas in psychology.



At the end of each chapter specimen questions, written in the AQA Specification B examination style, are provided. One question in each chapter has an answer with comments on how to improve.



Advanced Psychology is the ideal text book and learning aid for the AQA Specification B A2 psychology. It also provides the interested reader with an excellent introduction to child development, and to perspectives and research methods in psychology.

About this title

About the Author

Donald Pennington is the author of numerous books on social psychology and apersonality. He has extensive expereience of examining psychology at A level. He is Pro-Vice-Chancellor and professor at Coventry University.

Richard Smithson has taught psychology at A level and in higher education for many years. He is a senior examiner for AS Psychology, and for Advanced VCE in Health and Social Care.

Julie McLoughlin is an experienced senior examiner at A level and a full-time lecturer at Hopwood College, Manchester

Dave Robinson is Principal lecturer in Psychology at the University of Huddersfield where he teaches cognitive psychology and research methods. He also examines on GCE AS psychology.

Richard Smithson has taught psychology at A level and in higher education for many years. He is a senior examiner for AS Psychology, and for Advanced VCE in Health and Social Care.

Karen Boswell is a very experienced teacher and senior examiner with particular interest in methodology and research. She is Head of Psychology at Bacup and Rawtenstall Grammar School.

Edition details

• Publisher: Hodder Education
• Publication date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0340859342
• ISBN 13: 9780340859346
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 356
• Editor: Pennington Donald