Key Topics in Social Sciences

Mark Walsh

ISBN 10: 190862549X / ISBN 13: 9781908625496

Published by Lantern Publishing Ltd, GB, 2018

Key Topics in Social Sciences is a collection of short articles summarising the most important concepts in sociology and psychology that nursing and healthcare students will need to understand.Each entry is intended to give a brief introduction to the topic as a prompt for writing essays and assignments.Arranged in alphabetical order so you can find entries quickly and easilyShort entries take you straight to the heart of each topicA great starting point for essays and assignmentsIdeal for revision before assessments and examsCross-references and further reading suggestions provided so you can study in more depth as needed.From reviews:"It's a really easy to use book, the layout is very user friendly and I like the references for further reading at the end of each section. I would really recommend this book to all student nurses as it can help support most assignments."Third-year nursing student, University of Surrey. Seller Inventory # LU-9781908625496

Synopsis:

Key Topics in Social Science is a collection of short articles summarising the most important concepts in sociology and psychology that student nurses will need to understand. Each entry is intended to give a brief introduction to the topic as a prompt for writing essays and assignments.

• Arranged in alphabetical order so you can find entries quickly and easily
• Short entries take you straight to the heart of each topic
• A great starting point for essays and assignments
• Ideal for revision before assessments and exams
• Cross-references and further reading suggestions provided so you can study in more depth as needed.

Contents:

Age and Ageing; Agency; Alienation; Altruism; Anti-psychiatry; Anxiety; Attachment; Attitudes; Attribution theory; Authority; Autonomy; Behaviour; Behaviour modification; Behaviourism; Biomedical model; (The) Body; Capitalism; Causality; Challenging behaviour; Child abuse; Child development; Child poverty; Citizenship; Classical conditioning; Clinical iceberg; Cognitive perspective; Cognitive behavioural therapy; Cognitive development; Cognitive dissonance; Community; Conformity; Consumerism / consumption; Culture; Data; Defence mechanisms; Demography; Depression; Developmental norms; Disabilities; Discourse; Discrimination; Diversity; Division of labour; Early experiences; Eating disorders; Emotion; Emotional intelligence; Emotional labour; Empathy; Epidemiology; Equalities; Ethics; Ethnicity; Evaluation; Families; Family therapy; Feminism; Freud; Functionalism; Gender; Genetics; Globalisation; Group(s) / group dynamics; Group therapy; Health; Humanistic perspective; Human Rights; Hypothesis; Ideal type; Identity; Identity politics; Ideology; Industrialisation; Inequalities; Interactionism; Intersectionality; Labelling theory; Learning difficulties (and learning disabilities); Life chances; Loss; Market; Marxism; Maslow's hierarchy of needs; Medicalisation; Memory; Mental illness; Migration; Modernity; Moral panic; Mortality and Morbidity; Motivation; Narrative(s); Need; Neuroscience; Obedience; Operant conditioning; Paradigm; Patriarchy; Perception; Personality; Person-centred counselling; Personalisation; Phobias; Piaget, Jean; Postmodernism; Positive psychology; Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD); Poverty; Power; Prejudice; Profession; Psychiatry; Psychoanalysis; Psychodynamic perspective; Psychological interventions; Psychological perspective; Public sphere; Realism; Reflexivity; Reinforcement; Research methods; Resilience; Risk assessment; Rogers, Carl; Role / role theory; Role models; Science; Self; Self-actualisation; Self-concept and self-esteem; Self-harm; Separation (and loss); Sexuality; Sick role; Social action and social structure; Social class; Social constructionism; Social institution; Social learning theory; Social mobility; Social model of health; Social policy; Social support; Socialisation; Socialism; Society; Sociological perspective; Sociology; Status; Stereotyping; Stigma; Stress (and coping); Unconscious mind; Underclass; Urbanisation; Values; Violence (and aggression); Welfare; Welfare state

Bibliographic Details

Title: Key Topics in Social Sciences
Publisher: Lantern Publishing Ltd, GB
Publication Date: 2018
Binding: Paperback
Condition: New