Psychology: The Science of Mind and Behaviour Fifth edition
Nigel Holt, Andrew Bremner, Michael Vliek, Ed Sutherland, Michael Passer, Ronald Smith
Print ISBN: 9781526849120 Ebook ISBN: 9781526849137
The fifth edition of Psychology: The Science of Mind and Behaviour continues to build on its strong biopsychosocial approach and balancing of classical and contemporary theory. The celebrated pedagogical design has been reinforced with additional pedagogical features and real-world issues to offer an exciting and engaging introduction to the study of psychology.
The fifth edition has been fully updated to reflect new developments in the field and the scientific approach brings together international research and practical application to encourage critical thinking about psychology and its impact on our societies and daily lives.
Written with the student in mind, the style is accessible and engaging, using examples and research from Europe where possible so that it is more culturally relevant to students in this region. It also introduces students to scientific research, familiarising them with style and format and guiding them through critical thinking and common misconceptions.
What's new
Focus on EDI
This book has always recognised that psychology is a global field, covering the biggest drivers and most influential work from around the world. Nevertheless, the new edition has been carefully reviewed to ensure it adequately reflects diverse perspectives while also recognising diverse historical contributions to the field. Replacing the Levels of Analysis feature, the Bigger Picture explores not only the biological, psychological and environmental levels but also cultural and developmental aspects as well.
Current Issues and Hot Topics
The new edition looks at topics such as fake news, workplace psychology, social media, prosociality and critical perspectives of positive psychology, prompting debate on the topical psychology questions of the day. Following the unprecedented changes to life and liberty wrought by the pandemic, the new edition also looks at the legacy of Covid-19 in areas such as early educational development, adolescent social development, attitudes to vaccinations, and health psychology.
Psychology as Science
The scientific approach to psychology can be daunting to first-time psychology students, and many may not have come across research journals before. The text helps students prepare for reading real articles with Research Close Ups that reflect new research and literature as well as updated critical thinking questions to encourage analysis and evaluation of the findings. In addition, new Learning Goals and Review Questions encourage students to consider the core learnings of each chapter and critically assess their real-world implications.
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Chapter 1 The science of psychology
Chapter 2 Studying behaviour scientifically
Chapter 3 Evolution, genes, environment and behaviour
Chapter 4 The brain and behaviour
Chapter 5 Sensation and perception
Chapter 6 Consciousness
Chapter 7 Learning: the role of experience
Chapter 8 Memory
Chapter 9 Language and thinking
Chapter 10 Intelligence
Chapter 11 Lifespan development I: physical and cognitive development
Chapter 12 Lifespan development II: social and emotional development
Chapter 13 Motivation and emotion
Chapter 14 Personality
Chapter 15 Social thinking and behaviour
Chapter 16 Health psychology: adjusting to life
Chapter 17 Psychological disorders
Chapter 18 Treatment of psychological disorders
A few of the changes for this new edition include:
- Covers new research in the field, such as social media bubbles, fake news and propaganda, COVID-19 health behaviours and trauma among health workers.
- Greater focus on equality, diversity, and inclusion - particularly on decolonizing the curriculum in psychology.
- Learning Goals at the start of every chapter and Review Questions at the end of every chapter, linked to the LOs.
- The Bigger Picture box highlights different ways of viewing a topic, including the interrelationship between perspectives and issues relating to equality, diversity, and inclusion.
- Psychology at Work interviews in every chapter now. Topical interviews with real people on how they use their Psychology degree in their job.
- Update Applying Psychological Science, Research Close-up, Current Issues, Focus Arrows, Summary, Key Terms and Concepts, and Making the Connections features.
- Levels of Analysis has been removed - the feature was seen as too rigid, and some of the same topics can be covered in the new The Bigger Picture box, but in a way that feels more relevant to teaching today.
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About the authors
The highly respected international author team represent the spectrum of psychology - from cognitive neuroscience to health.
Nigel J. Holt, DPhil
Nigel is Head of the Department of Psychology at Aberystwyth University in Wales. His first degree from the University of Reading was followed by a DPhil from the University of York, where he investigated the perceptual lateralization of audio-visual stimuli. His current post followed a postdoctorate in speech perception and a lectureship in England.
Nigel has examined at a senior level and is an external university examiner at various universities worldwide. In between writing and editing more than 30 other books, he also researches speech perception and how sound and other areas of cognition interact with potentially dangerous activities such as cycling and motorcycling.
Andy Bremner, DPhil
Andy completed his first degree in experimental psychology and his DPhil at the University of Oxford under the supervision of Professor Peter Bryant. Following two postdoctoral appointments, he spent 13 years in the Department of Psychology at Goldsmiths, University of London, latterly as Head of Department.
In 2018, Andy moved to the University of Birmingham, where he is a Reader in Psychology. Andy conducts research in the Birmingham BabyLab into various questions surrounding perceptual and cognitive development and developmental cognitive neuroscience. He has been awarded substantial grant funding and prizes for his research and is co-editor of Infant and Child Development with Robin Banerjee.
Michael Passer, PhD
Senior Lecturer at the University of Washington.
Ronald E. Smith, PhD
Ronald is Professor of Psychology and Director of Clinical Psychology Training at the University of Washington, where he also has served as Area Head of the Social Psychology and Personality area.
Ed Sutherland, PhD
Ed completed his first degree at the University of Bangor and his PhD at the University of Wolverhampton under the supervision of Professor Ken Manktelow. He then held a research post at the University of Reading and his first lectureship at the University of Derby. He became a lecturer in cognitive psychology at the University of Leeds, where he is now Director of Learning and Teaching. His current research interests are on the role of emotion in reasoning and the psychology of design.
Michael L. W. Vliek, PhD
Michael finished his Master’s followed by his PhD at the University of Amsterdam, where he subsequently worked as a senior lecturer until 2017. He is currently an affiliate of the University of Amsterdam and lectures at the University of Tübingen. He is also the co-author of several psychology textbooks and consultant on behaviour change for several government institutions in the Netherlands.
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