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Overview
Make introductory psychology modern and accessible! Strike a balance between classic and contemporary topics and theory.
The third AU/NZ edition of Bernstein, Psychology, engages students with local ideas and examples, within the context of psychology as an international discipline. Rich cultural and indigenous coverage is integrated throughout the text, as well as specific chapters, 'Indigenous psychology', and 'Culture and psychology'. There is also the continued, and unique focus throughout the text on graduate competencies for accreditation, careers in psychology and the professional discipline of psychology.
Linkages features in the text knit together student understanding of psychology’s sub-disciplines, and the research sections show the how and why of research.
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- Updated to support student understanding of the skills required and how to master them while studying psychology with the NEW graduate competencies (GC) and psychological literacy sections at the beginning of each chapter
- Expanded coverage of important topics such as culture and identity and Indigenous psychology with the addition of the NEW author, Neil Drew, to our author team. Neil worked in collaboration and consultation with senior Indigenous people, including Dr Uncle Mick Adams and others, in the development of the content for this 3rd edition. Graeme Gower was an important contributor to this content and co-author of chapters ‘Cultural and psychology’ and ‘Indigenous Psychology’ in previous editions
- Expanded coverage of the latest topics including size illusions and Top down and bottom up processing together (chapter 4), sleep deprivation and treatment (chapter 5), memory cues and eyewitness testimony (chapter 7), and updates on the biological bases of behaviour
- Restructured to give students concise coverage that fits the curriculum with a NEW Chapter 8, 'Thought, language and intelligence', combining chapters 7, 'Cognition and language', and 9 'Cognitive abilities' from the 2nd edition
- 'Snapshot' boxes throughout the text give students interesting visual glimpses into psychology in the real world
- Examine how theoretical concepts have been used in practice through the 'Applying psychology' questions at the beginning of each chapter and 'Applying psychology' icons throughout the text
- Understand how the different fields of psychology connect to each other by reviewing the chapter-ending 'Linkages diagram'
- 'Linkages' sections and icons throughout the text, highlight the network of relationships among psychology's subfields, helping students see the 'big picture' of psychology as an interrelated discipline
- 'Thinking critically' sections in each chapter make psychological processes more explicit and accessible by providing a five-question framework for analysing evidence before drawing conclusions. Throughout the text, psychological phenomena are described in a way that first reveals the logic of the scientific enterprise, then identifies possible flaws in design or implementation, and finally leaves room for more questions and further research
- Examine the ways in which research methods have been applied to help advance understanding of behaviour and mental processes through the 'Focus on research' sections. Focus on Research is organised around five key questions: (1) What was the researcher's question? (2) How did the researcher answer the question? (3) What did the researcher find? (4) What do the results mean? And (5) What do we still need to know?
- Actively try out the concepts discussed in the chapter by following the 'Try this' icons throughout the text
- Test your understanding as you go via the ‘In review’ boxes which summarise information in a convenient tabular format. These boxes are accompanied by fill-in-the-blank self-test questions to help students review, integrate, and comprehend large chunks of information
2 Research in psychology
3 Biological aspects of psychology
4 Sensation and perception
5 Consciousness
6 Learning
7 Memory
8 Thought, language and intelligence
9 Motivation and emotion
10 Human development
11 Health, stress and coping
12 Personality
13 Psychological disorders and treatment
14 Social psychology
15 Culture and psychology
16 Indigenous psychology
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17 Neuropsychology
18 Behavioural genetics
19 Statistics in psychological research
Appendix A Careers for psychology graduates
Appendix B Searching psychological databases