Abnormal Psychology provides a thorough grounding for undergraduate students with little or no previous knowledge of this complex area of psychology. The focus is on clinical descriptions, using illustrative case studies, and on the implications of the major theoretical perspectives and relevant empirical evidence for clinical treatment. The author presents an up-to-date review of topics including childhood behaviour disorders, anxiety, depression, schizophrenia, personality disorders and models of abnormal behaviour, and illustrates a scientific approach to the understanding of these aspects...

"Introducing Cognitive Development "brings a new focus and clarity to this theoretically complex area with numerous illustrations and examples. The reader is introduced to the topic with a review of traditional approaches to the study of cognitive development as well as more recent developments in the field, particularly in cognitive science. Dominant issues including the relative contributions of nature and nurture, domain generality versus domain specificity and the child's own role in its development are considered in relation to a range of topics, including: the development of symbolic...

The Social Psychology of Behaviour in Small Groups covers theories of group behaviour and their application in organizational psychology. Topics include the structure and formation of groups and the roles that individuals play within groups, as well as more applied areas such as co-operation and conflict, teamwork, leadership and decision-making in small groups.
Throughout the book theory, research and concepts are applied to real-life and everyday social behaviour. The book is well illustrated and includes many mental exercises to engage the reader. Donald Pennington has...

The book argues for an understanding of the person where the social world is not a set of variables that affect a pre-existing individual, but is instead the arena where the person becomes formed.

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Psychological research into human intelligence and abilities presents us with a number of difficult questions:

• Are human abilities explained by a single core intelligence or by multiple intelligences?
• How should abilities be assessed? With tests unlike the problems which people normally have to solve, or with practical problems closer to those encountered in life, school and work?
• Do ability tests predict how a person will behave? If so, can they predict whether a person will...