Understanding Biological Psychology is an accessible and distinctive new core textbook that helps students to appreciate the central role that biological processes play in psychology.

• gives conceptual clarity to a complex and often confusing field;
  
• innovative integration of theory and methods;
  
• covers a core area of the undergraduate syllabus;
  
• accessible, student-friendly text;
  
• synthesizes biological processes with mainstream psychological topics to make the subject both interesting and...

Understanding Biological Psychology is an accessible and distinctive new core textbook that helps students to appreciate the central role that biological processes play in psychology.

• gives conceptual clarity to a complex and often confusing field;
  
• innovative integration of theory and methods;
  
• covers a core area of the undergraduate syllabus;
  
• accessible, student-friendly text;
  
• synthesizes biological processes with mainstream psychological topics to make the subject both interesting and...

This handbook provides an accessible summary of cutting-edge personality research in all its forms, giving students, researchers, and practitioners a comprehensive resource for understanding personality theory and application. It also introduces the leading methods in the field, from molecular genetics to narrative inquiry.