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What is psychology? When did it begin? Where did it come from? How does psychology compare with related subjects such as psychiatry and psychotherapy? To what extent is it scientific? Introducing Psychology answers all these questions and more, explaining what the subject has been in the past and what it is now. The main schools of thought and the sections within psychology are described, including Introspection, Bio-psychology, Psychoanalysis, Behaviourism, Comparative (Animal) Psychology, Cognitive Approaches (including the Gestalt movement), Social Psychology, Developmental Psychology and Humanism. The key figures covered include: Freud, Pavlov, Skinner, Bandura, Piaget, Bowlby, Maslow and Rogers, as well as many lesser-known but important psychologists.Product Identifiers
PublisherIcon Books LTD
ISBN-139781840468526
eBay Product ID (ePID)90825922
Product Key Features
Book TitleIntroducing Psychology: a Graphic Guide
AuthorNigel Benson
FormatPaperback
LanguageEnglish
TopicPopular Psychology
Publication Year2007
Dimensions
Item Height168mm
Item Width118mm
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Title_AuthorNigel Benson
Series TitleIntroducing...
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom